Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 69:13

<br><br><big><strong>הדרן עלך יום טוב וסליקא לה מסכת ראש השנה</strong></big><br><br>

it was [to him] like a periodical [prayer]. R'Aha B''Awira said in the name of R'Simeon the Pious: Rabban Gamaliel used to allow even the people in the fields to be cleared [by the reader in the synagogue], and needless to say those in town.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'those who are here'.');">¹¹</span> On the contrary, [we should have expected the opposite, because] the former are prevented from coming and the latter are not prevented, in the same way as Abba the son of R'Benjamin B'Hiyya has stated, 'The People who stand behind the priests are not included in the [priestly] benediction'! - The fact is that when Rabin came [from Palestine] he stated in the name of R'Jacob B'Idi that R'Simeon the Pious said: Rabban Gamaliel allowed only the people in the fields to be cleared [by the reader]. What is the reason? Because they are prevented by their work from coming [to synagogue]. Those in the town, however, are not cleared.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Rashi: They themselves must say the prayer and not rely on the reader. Alfasi: They are not cleared by the reader unless they attend the synagogue and hear from him the prayers from beginning to end; v. Commentary of R. Nissim a.l.] ');">¹²</span>

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