Shema
Whats the first line of the shema?
Shema Yisroel, Hashem is our G-d, Hashem is one!
Whats the First Mishna about?
The time to say the evening Shema
Who says you have until midnight?
Chochomim/ Sages
What is the first problem the gemora has with the Mishna?
Why do we teach about the time of the shema without teaching the mitsvah of saying the shema?
What does Chatsot mean?
Midnight
How many times a day do we need to say it?
twice
How many opinions are there for the final time of the Shema
3
Whos says until Dawn?
Rabbi Gamliel
Why is the Gemora bothered whether the day shema or the night shema is mentioned first?
You wake up in the morning then there is night.
What is Beit Himishte?
House of Feasting
When do you say the Shema?
Morning and Night
When is the beginning time of the shema?
From when the Cohanim come to eat the trumah.
or
When 3 stars appear.
What does Rabbi Eliezer say?
You have until the end of the first watch.
What does the gemora answer about why Night shema comes first?
Because it follows how the world was created, there was evening then Morning day 1.
What is Amud hashachar?
Dawn
Purpose of saying the Shema
To accept/confirm Hashem's kingship/ oneness/truth
What does the story about Rabbi Gamliels sons teach us?
That the Rabbis really hold you have until dawn to say the Shema.
Why do the sages say an earlier time?
To make a fence so we dont fall asleep or forget.
Why does the Mishna teach an obscure teaching about cohanim while teaching the time?
So it can teach two teachings at once.
What is Ha ashmura harishonah?
First Watch
What 3 things should you invest in loving Hashem?
Hint: You should Love Hashem with....
all your heart, all your soul and all your might/money
What else do you have until dawn to do?
Burning the fats and the limbs on the altar, offerings that have one day to be offered up.
Who holds the beginning time of the shema, when the cohanim enter to eat the trumah?
Everyone
What time do the Cohanim come out to eat their trumah?
When three stars come out.
What is Hectar Chalavim?
Burning the fats