In the previous shiur, we learned the first part (which is most) of the sugya about the blessing to be said after eating rice, including the long baraita (containing the story about Rabban Gamliel and R. Akiva) from which the amora R. Sheshet attempts to resolve the apparent contradiction between the two baraitot quoted at the beginning of the sugya. This took us up to the end of the 8th line from the top of the page at Berachot 37b. Please review this material and make sure you understand which part of the baraita is actually relevant for R. Sheshet’s answer. If there are questions, we will discuss them at the beginning of this shiur.
In this shiur, we will learn the final segments of this sugya — starting with the last part of R. Sheshet’s answer. Following this, we will jump ahead to the next page, Berachot 38a, to learn a sugya about the correct formulation of the blessing we say before bread: haMotzi.