תלמוד על ברכות 31:24

Why does one finish⁹⁶The “benediction imitating three” is recited for wine, the Seven Fruits, and baked goods other than bread. That benediction first gives praise for the food, then for the Land of Israel, then prays for the rebuilding of Jerusalem (and adds a sentence for the Rabbinic fourth benediction of Grace, praising God as source of all good.) The question is why only the first two themes are repeated at the end since the final doxology reads in all cases: “Praise to You, Eternal, for the Land and … (here the specific food is named).” with “the Land”? It is similar to Grace for day laborers. As has been stated⁹⁷Tosephta Berakhot 5:24, Babli 16a. Day laborers who are paid by the hour and whose lunch break counts as worked time have the obligation to spend as little time as possible on their lunch and, in any case, their worship of God should not be paid by the employer except for the legal minimum.: “Workers who were doing work with the owner shall recite the first benediction, include Jerusalem in the benediction for the Land and finish with ‘the Land.’ But if they were working for their food⁹⁸Without any cash payments the employer is legally required to give them time for full standard Grace. or if the employer was eating with them, then they recite four benedictions.” In the school of Rebbi Yannai they treated it as a formula of benediction⁹⁹They formulated the fixed “benediction imitating three” and did not tolerate any deviation..