Commentary for Berakhot 42:7
איבעיא להו מהו להפסיק ליהא שמו הגדול מבורך כי אתא רב דימי אמר ר' יהודה ור"ש תלמידי דרבי יוחנן אמרי לכל אין מפסיקין חוץ מן יהא שמו הגדול מבורך שאפילו עוסק במעשה מרכבה פוסק ולית הלכתא כותיה:
The question was raised : May one interrupt [the Tefillah] to respond, "Let His great name be blessed"? When Rab Dimai came [from Palestine] he reported that R. Judah and R. Simeon, disciples of R. Johanan, said: For no response may we interrupt [the Tefillah] except for "Let His great name be blessed"; for even one engaged with the study of the Ma'aseh Merkabah must interrupt [to make this response]. But the Halakah is not in accord with their view.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
In the Kaddish; see p. 8 n. 4.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Viz. Judah b. Pazzi and Simeon b. Abba; Hyman, II. p. 664a.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Lit. "the Work of the Chariot," the tbeosophical teaching about the Heavenly Chariot, derived from Ezek. i. and x. This was regarded as one of the highest forms of study upon which but a chosen few should venture, after severe mental and physical discipline. See J. E. viii. p. 498; Abelson, Jewish Mysticism, Chap. ii.
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