Commentary for Berakhot 52:14
נימא תיהוי תיובתיה דר' יוסי בר' חנינא אמר לך ר' יוסי בר' חנינא לעולם אימא לך תפלות אבות תקנום ואסמכינהו רבנן אקרבנות דאי לא תימא הכי תפלת מוסף לר' יוסי בר' חנינא מאן תקנה אלא תפלות אבות תקנום ואסמכינהו רבנן אקרבנות:
We might suppose that this is a refutation of R. Jose b. R. Hannina! But he could reply : I certainly maintain that the Patriarchs instituted the Tefillot, but the Rabbis subsequently found a basis for them in the sacrifices. For if thou sayest not so, who instituted the additional Tefillah, according to R. Jose b. R. Hannina? But the Patriarchs instituted the Tefillot, and the Rabbis subsequently found a basis for them in the sacrifices.
Ritva on Berakhot
The Patriarchs Established Them And the Sages Based Them On Sacrifices. This means that certainly the patriarchs established [prayer], but from this establishment alone we would not have been obligated to say [the prayers]. So the sages came and based them on sacrifices so that we would be obligated.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Who held that the Patriarchs instituted the Tefillot, whereas throughout the discussion the time of the prayers is determined by the time of the sacrifices.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
That R. Jose b. R. Hannina agrees that a basis was subsequently found in the sacrifices.
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