• November 9, 2026
  • 29 5787, Heshvan
  • פרשת תולדות

Rabbinic Perspectives: Blessings over food that depart from the standard halachic formula

In the previous shiur, we first went over the sugya to identify its components and its logical flow. Then we began our in-depth learning of the sugya with the meimra that presents Rav Huna’s and R. Yohanan’s different opinions about one who said the bracha שהכל נהיה בדברו over bread or wine. We also read Rashi’s explanation of the importance of wine as the reason for the relevant part of Rav Huna’s position, both here in our sugya and in the later sugya on Daf 42a. Please review this material. If there are questions you can send them by email or raise them at the beginning of this shiur.

In this shiur, we will continue with the discussion of the later amoraim who refute the kushya of  נימא כתנאי, and thereby clarify the issues of halachic concern to the amoraim, and the issues of concern to the tanaim. Starting at the 6th line from the top of the page at Berachot 40b.