THE FIRST MISHNA
The mitzvah discussed at the very beginning of Berakhot.
What is Kyriat Shema?
The family members who returned late from a celebration.
Who are Rabban Gamliel’s sons?
The Hebrew word meaning “when.”
What is מֵאֵימָתַי?
The first question the Gemara asks about the Mishnah.
What is “Why does the Mishnah start with Shema at night?”
The halachic topic that Berakhot opens with.
What is the time for mitzvot?
The time of day when the Mishnah says you begin saying Shema at night.
What is when the kohanim enter to eat their terumah?
The event that caused them to miss the earlier time for Shema.
What is a wedding feast?
The group whose eating schedule sets the time for Shema.
Who are the kohanim?
The assumption the Gemara makes about the order of the day.
What is that night comes before day?
Why the Chachamim set an earlier deadline than the Torah requires.
What is to protect people from sin?
The latest time the Chachamim allow Shema to be said at night.
What is until midnight?
What Rabban Gamliel tells his sons to do when they return.
What is to say Shema?
The sacred food mentioned in the Mishnah.
What is terumah?
The Torah verse the Gemara brings to explain Shema’s timing.
What is “ובשכבך ובקומך”?
The name given to protective rabbinic limits.
What is a seyag (fence)?
According to Rabban Gamliel, the latest possible time to say Shema.
What is until dawn (עַד שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה עַמּוּד הַשַּׁחַר)?
The reason Rabban Gamliel says they may still say Shema.
What is that dawn has not yet arrived?
The phrase meaning “until midnight.”
What is עַד חֲצוֹת?
How the Gemara understands “when you lie down.”
What is nighttime?
What Rabban Gamliel teaches about Torah law vs. rabbinic law.
What is that Torah law can extend later than rabbinic limits?
The disagreement in the Mishnah about the deadline for Shema.
What is midnight vs dawn vs 10pm?
What this story proves about Rabban Gamliel’s opinion.
What is that Shema may be said until dawn even by the Rabbis?
The phrase meaning “until the rise of dawn.”
What is עַד שֶׁיַּעֲלֶה עַמּוּד הַשַּׁחַר?
How the Gemara understands “when you rise.”
What is daytime?
The core tension shown in the first Mishnah of Berakhot.
What is Torah obligation vs. rabbinic safeguard?