In the previous shiur, we read, translated, and discussed the flow of the remaining part of the sugya, up to the sugya’s end nearly halfway down the page on Berachot 41b. Then we went back and clarified how Rav Yosef (or R.Yitzhak) actually learned the pasuk of 7 species, basing ourselves on the first part of the Rashi ד”ה ופליגא דר’ חנן, Please review this material, and if there are any questions we will discuss them at the beginning of this shiur.
In this shiur, we will read the rest of that Rashi, where he explains R.Hanan’s way of learning the pasuk. Based on this, we will discuss further the dispute between Rav Yosef (R.Yitzhak) and R.Hanan in their approaches to interpreting that verse. Following this, we will start to work through the meimra of R.Hanan, to understand it item by item, using Rashi’s explanations.