Halakhah for Shabbat 236:10
אמר רבי יוסי מימי לא קריתי לאשתי אשתי ולשורי שורי אלא לאשתי ביתי ולשורי שדי
and not of those who order [them] to rise [depart] from the <i>Beth Hamidrash</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To adjourn for meals. ');"><sup>26</sup></span> R. Jose also said: May my lot be of those who collect charity, but not of those who distribute charity.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is very difficult to perform the latter with absolute impartiality, as personal predilections are apt to intervene. ');"><sup>27</sup></span> R. Jose also said: May my lot be of those who are suspected whilst innocent.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and it is not in him'. ');"><sup>28</sup></span>
Peninei Halakhah, Women's Prayer
The main part of Pesukei De-zimra is the last six psalms in Tehilim (145-150), the most important being the first (145, “Tehilla Le-David”). Customarily, this psalm is introduced with the verses beginning with the word “ashrei,” and that psalm is therefore generally referred to as Ashrei. The other five psalms each starts and ends with the word “Halleluyah,” about which R. Yossi says, “May my portion be among those who complete the Hallel every day” (Shabbat 118b).
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