Musar for Berakhot 27:3

בעא מיניה אחי תנא דבי רבי חייא מרבי חייא בהלל ובמגילה מהו שיפסיק אמרינן ק"ו ק"ש דאורייתא פוסק הלל דרבנן מבעיא או דלמא פרסומי ניסא עדיף

Ahi [asked of him] a Tanna of the school of R. Hiyya, asked R. Hiyya : May one interrupt the Hallel or the Megillah [to greet a person] ? Do we argue a fortiori : If with the reading of the Shema', which is an ordinance of the Torah, one may interrupt, how much more so should it be permitted in the case of the Hallel or the Megillah, which is only a Rabbinical ordinance ! Or is it perhaps that the proclamation of a miracle is superior [to the reading of the [Shema'] ?

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