Berakhot (tractate)

Berakhot ( Hebrew : ברכות, "Benedictions") is the first masekhet ("tractate") of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah , the first major text of Jewish law . It primarily addresses the rules regarding the Shema , the Amidah , Birkat Hamazon ("Grace after Meals"), Kiddush ("Sanctification"), Havdalah ("Separation") and other blessings and prayers. It is the only tractate in Zeraim to have a Gemara ("Completion") from both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud . The first page of the tractate

Amar Rabbi Elazar A dramatized cantorial musical rendition of the last passage of Berakhot, which describes how Jewish scholars increase peace. Berachot ( Hebrew : ברכות B'rakhoth in Talmudic/Classical Hebrew, "Benedictions"; also Berachos ) is the first tractate ( Hebrew : masekhet ) of Seder Zeraim , a collection of the Mishnah that primarily deals with laws relating to plants and farming. It primarily addresses the rules regarding the Shema (a section of the Torah recited as part of prayer), the Amidah (Silent prayer), Birkat Hamazon (Grace after Meals), Kiddush (Sanctification ceremony of Shabbat and holidays), Havdalah (ceremony that ends Shabbat and holidays) and other blessings and prayers. It is the only tractate in Zeraim to have a Gemara (rabbinical commentaries and analysis) from both the Babylonian Talmud and the Jerusalem Talmud . The first page of the tractate

Tractate of the Talmud about blessings and prayers, particularly the Shema and the Amidah Berakhot ( , lit. "Blessings") is the first tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud . The tractate discusses the rules of prayers, particularly the Shema and the Amidah , and blessings for various circumstances. Since a large part of the tractate is concerned with the many berakhot ( ), all comprising the formal liturgical element beginning with words "Blessed are you, Lord our God….", it is named for the initial word of these special form of prayer. Berakhot is the only tractate in Seder Zeraim to have Gemara – rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah – in the Babylonian Talmud . There is however Jerusalem Talmud on all the tractates in Seder Zeraim . There is also a Tosefta for this tractate. The Jewish religious laws detailed in this tractate have shaped the liturgies of all the Jewish communities since the later Talmudic period and continue to be observed by traditional Jewish communities until the present, with only minor variations, as expounded upon by subsequent Jewish legal codes . One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Singer, Isidore ; et al., eds.

Tractate of the Talmud about blessings and prayers, particularly the Shema and the Amidah Berakhot ( Hebrew : בְּרָכוֹת , romanized : Brakhot , lit. "Blessings") is the first tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud . The tractate discusses the rules of prayers, particularly the Shema and the Amidah , and blessings for various circumstances. Since a large part of the tractate is concerned with the many berakhot (English: blessings ), all comprising the formal liturgical element beginning with the words "Blessed are you, Lord our God....", it is named for the initial word of these special form of prayer. Berakhot is the only tractate in Seder Zeraim to have Gemara – rabbinical analysis of and commentary on the Mishnah – in the Babylonian Talmud . There is however Jerusalem Talmud on all the tractates in Seder Zeraim . There is also a Tosefta for this tractate. The Jewish religious laws detailed in this tractate have shaped the liturgies of all the Jewish communities since the later Talmudic period and continue to be observed by traditional Jewish communities until the present, with only minor variations, as expounded upon by subsequent Jewish legal codes . One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Singer, Isidore ; et al., eds.