פירוש על ברכות 73:3
Tosafot on Berakhot
WHO CREATES THE MANY FORMS OF LIFE AND THEIR NEEDS FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE CREATED. Tosfos will teach us the meaning of this b’rochoh which is recited so often. וחסרונם and that which they lack, refers to necessities such as bread and water, without which it is impossible to survive.
After thanking Hashem for the necessities we add: Together with all that he created to give life through them for all the living. This means that Hashem created the necessities together with all else that there is in this world, that even if he had not created them the world would still be able to live without them. For he created them only for mere enjoyment such as apples and similar foods. And we conclude this b’rochoh with, blessed is the source of life of the worlds. And in Yerushalmee the conclusion is blessed are you Hashem the source of life of the worlds.
After thanking Hashem for the necessities we add: Together with all that he created to give life through them for all the living. This means that Hashem created the necessities together with all else that there is in this world, that even if he had not created them the world would still be able to live without them. For he created them only for mere enjoyment such as apples and similar foods. And we conclude this b’rochoh with, blessed is the source of life of the worlds. And in Yerushalmee the conclusion is blessed are you Hashem the source of life of the worlds.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
See Singer, p. 290.
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