Commentary for Berakhot 8:6
אמר מר קורא ק"ש ומתפלל מסייע ליה לר' יוחנן דאמר ר' יוחנן איזהו בן העולם הבא זה הסומך גאולה לתפלה של ערבית רבי יהושע בן לוי אומר תפלות באמצע תקנום
Master says: A person reads the Shema and then prays (Silent Amida) This is a support for Rabbi Yochanan, For Rabbi Yochanan say: Who is worthy of the world to come? He who connects or juxtaposes redemption to prayer (Silent Amida) of Aravit (evening prayer). Rabbi Yehoshua Ben Levi says: Prayers were established in the middle. (The silent Amida was established between the two Shemas)
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
That is to say, the benediction "Blessed... Who hast redeemed Israel" (Singer, p. 99) should be immediately followed by the Eighteen Benedictions (ibid. pp. 44-54). This order is supported by the quotation "Then let him read the Shema' and say the Tefillah," as against R. Joshua b. Levi's opinion that in the evening the Shema' should follow the Tefillah. On the idea of joining the Ge'ullah and the Tefillah, see below fol. 9 b, p. 66 n. 7.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
I.e. between the morning and evening recital of the Shema' ; hence in the evening, the Tefillah would come first.
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