Commentary for Berakhot 18:14
תניא נמי הכי ותיקין היו גומרין אותה עם הנץ החמה כדי שיסמוך גאולה לתפלה ונמצא מתפלל ביום
There is a teaching to the same effect : The Wetikin used to conclude it with the sunrise in order to unite the Geullah with the Tefillah, and consequently pray in the day.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
See Singer, p. 44. The prayer "O Rock of Israel" is part of the benediction connected with the Shema'. But the Eighteen Benedictions which follow may not be said until sunrise; so as to be able to unite the two, the Wetikin took care to conclude the reading of the Shema' at that time.
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