Commentary for Berakhot 59:4
מאי איכא בין הביננו לתפלה קצרה הביננו בעי לצלויי ג' קמייתא וג' בתרייתא וכי מטי לביתיה לא בעי למהדר לצלויי בתפלה קצרה לא בעי לצלויי לא ג' קמייתא ולא ג' בתרייתא וכי מטי לביתיה בעי למהדר לצלויי
"What is the difference between "Give us understanding" and the short prayer? "Give us understanding" requires three benedictions before and three after it, and when he reaches his house, he need not again say the Tefillah ; whereas with the short prayer there is no necessity to utter the three benedictions before and after, but when he reaches his house, he must say the Tefillah.
Tosafot on Berakhot
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN [THE PRAYER]: GRANT US UNDERSTANDING AND THE BRIEF PRAYER? This is bewildering. When the Gemara asks what difference is there between haveenainu and the short t’feeloh, the Gemara should say that the difference is that the short t’feeloh is said only in a place of danger and haveenainu may be said even in a place where there is no danger?
The Gemara already knew that. The Gemara is asking if there are any differences beyond those that we know about the danger level. And we can answer: that the questioner already assumes that we know the difference about the danger level. This is what the Gemara is asking: What is the difference between the two prayers when each one is said in its place, the short t’feeloh in a place of danger and haveenainu in a place that is not dangerous? Are there perhaps any other differences?
The Gemara already knew that. The Gemara is asking if there are any differences beyond those that we know about the danger level. And we can answer: that the questioner already assumes that we know the difference about the danger level. This is what the Gemara is asking: What is the difference between the two prayers when each one is said in its place, the short t’feeloh in a place of danger and haveenainu in a place that is not dangerous? Are there perhaps any other differences?
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
The abstract of the Tefillah.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Mentioned in the Mishnah.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
See the directions in Singer, p. 55.
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