## Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot Chapter 5

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:1:1
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**אֵין עוֹמְדִין.** מִתּוֹךְ כֹּבֶד רֹאשׁ. הַכְנָעָה וּמוֹרָא, דִּכְתִיב (תהלים ב) עִבְדוּ אֶת ה'‏ בְּיִרְאָה, וַעֲבוֹדָה זוֹ תְּפִלָּה הִיא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אין עומדין...מתוך כובד ראש – surrender and fear/awe, as it is written (Psalms 2:11), “Serve the LORD in awe;” and this “service” is prayer.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:1:2
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**שׁוֹהִים שָׁעָה אַחַת.** בַּמָּקוֹם שֶׁבָּאוּ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שוהים שעה אחת – at the place where they came to pray.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:1:3
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**אֲפִלּוּ הַמֶּלֶךְ שׁוֹאֵל בִּשְׁלוֹמוֹ.** וְדַוְקָא מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֲבָל מֶלֶךְ עוֹבֵד כּוֹכָבִים פּוֹסֵק שֶׁלֹּא יַהַרְגֶנּוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אפילו המלך שואל בשלומו – and specifically a Jewish king, but a king who worships idols and constellations, you interrupt [yourself] so that he would not kill you.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:1:4
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**אֲפִלּוּ נָחָשׁ כָּרוּךְ עַל עֲקֵבוֹ.** דַּוְקָא נָחָשׁ שֶׁרֹב פְּעָמִים אֵינוֹ נוֹשֵׁךְ, אֲבָל עַקְרָב אוֹ אֶפְעֶה מִן הַדְּבָרִים שֶׁוַּדַּאי נוֹשְׁכִים וּמְמִיתִים, פּוֹסֵק:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אפילו נחש כרוך על עקבו – specifically a snake which most of the time does not bite, but a scorpion or a viper from the things that do indeed bite and kill, you interrupt [your recitation of the Amidah].


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:2:1
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**מַזְכִּירִין גְּבוּרוֹת גְּשָׁמִים.** מַשִּׁיב הָרוּחַ שֶׁאֵינוֹ לְשׁוֹן בַּקָּשָׁה אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן הַזְכָּרָה וָשֶׁבַח. וּמִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַגְּשָׁמִים אַחַת מִגְּבוּרוֹתָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, דִּכְתִיב (איוב ה) עֹשֶׂה גְדוֹלוֹת וְאֵין חֵקֶר, הַנּוֹתֵן מָטָר עַל פְּנֵי אָרֶץ, מִשּׁוּם הָכִי קָרֵי לְהוּ גְּבוּרוֹת גְּשָׁמִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מזכירין גבורות גשמים – The words “Who Causes the Wind to blow” is not the language of a request, but rather the language of mentioning and praise, and because the rains are one of the powers of the Holy One, blessed be He, as it is written (Job 5:9-10), “Who performs great deeds which cannot be fathomed…Who gives rain to the earth” – and because of this, we call it the “גבורות גשמים/the Power to cause the rain to fall.”


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:2:2
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**וְשׁוֹאֲלִין.** וְתֵן טַל וּמָטָר לְשׁוֹן בַּקָּשָׁה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ושאלה – [The words] “who causes dew and rain to fall for a blessing” is a request.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:2:3
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**בְּבִרְכַּת הַשָּׁנִים.** מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁהֵן פַּרְנָסָה קָבְעוּ שְׁאֵלָתָן בְּבִרְכַּת פַּרְנָסָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בברכת השנים – Since these (in this blessing) are for sustenance, [the Rabbis] established their request in the blessing of sustenance.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:2:4
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**וְהַבְדָּלָה.** בְּמוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והבדלה – on Saturday night (after Shabbat is over)


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:2:5
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**בְּחוֹנֵן הַדָּעַת.** שֶׁהִיא בְּרָכָה רִאשׁוֹנָה שֶׁל חֹל. וּבַיְרוּשַׁלְמִי אָמְרוּ מִפְּנֵי מַה תִּקְּנוּ הַבְדָּלָה בְּחוֹנֵן הַדָּעַת, שֶׁאִם אֵין דֵּעָה הַבְדָּלָה מִנַּיִן. וְכֵן הֲלָכָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בחונן הדעת – [Chonen HaDaat] which is the first blessing of the weekday. And in the Jerusalem Talmud, they asked: Why was Havdalah established to be recited in “"חונן הדעת (the fourth blessing of the Amidah)? For if there is no knowledge, how can one know about Havdalah (the ceremony that separates between the conclusion of the Sabbath and the beginning of the workweek)? And this is the Halakha.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:3:1
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**עַל קַן צִפּוֹר יַגִּיעוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁהִגִּיעוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ עַל צִפּוֹר וְגָזַרְתָּ לֹא תִקַּח הָאֵם עַל הַבָּנִים כֵּן חוּס וְרַחֵם עָלֵינוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
על קן צפור יגיעו רחמיך – Just as Your mercy reached the bird and you decreed (Deuteronomy 22:6), “Do not take the mother together with her young,” so too should God have compassion upon us as well.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:3:2
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**וְעַל טוֹב יִזָּכֵר שְׁמֶךָ.** מַשְׁמַע עַל טוֹבָתְךָ נוֹדֶה לְךָ וְעַל הָרַע לֹא נוֹדֶה, וַהֲרֵי אָנוּ חַיָּבִין לְבָרֵךְ עַל הָרָעָה כְּשֵׁם שֶׁמְּבָרְכִין עַל הַטּוֹבָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
על טוב יזכר שמך – Implying on Your [God’s] goodness (alone) we give thanks to you, but we do not thank Him [God] on the bad things , and yet we are obligated to bless God on the bad things as we do on the good things (see Tractate Berakhot, chapter 9, Mishnah 5).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:3:3
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**מוֹדִים מוֹדִים.** דְּמֵחֲזֵי כִּמְקַבֵּל עָלָיו שְׁתֵּי אֱלוֹהוֹת. וּמְפָרֵשׁ בַּיְרוּשַׁלְמִי הֲדָא דְתֵימָא בְּצִבּוּר, אֲבָל בְּיָחִיד תַּחֲנוּנִים הֵם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מודים מודים – which [when you repeat the word “Modim/We thank you,” it appears like one is accepting upon oneself multiple deities, and the Jerusalem Talmud explains that this when it is recited by the community, whereas for an individual [worshipper], they are [words of] supplication.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:3:4
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**מְשַׁתְּקִין אוֹתוֹ.** שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה מִדּוֹתָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא רַחֲמִים וְהֵן אֵינָן אֶלָּא גְּזֵרוֹת מֶלֶךְ עַל עֲבָדָיו:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
משתקין אותו – [We silence him] for making the Holy One, blessed be He’s attributes ones of mercy, and they are none other than decrees of the King upon his servants.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:3:5
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**וְלֹא יְהֵא סָרְבָן בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה.** כְּדֶרֶךְ שְׁאָר יוֹרְדִים לִפְנֵי הַתֵּבָה שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לְסָרֵב פַּעַם רִאשׁוֹנָה, אֲבָל זֶה לֹא יְסָרֵב כְּשֶׁאוֹמְרִים לוֹ לֶךְ רֵד לְפִי שֶׁגְּנַאי הוּא שֶׁתְּהֵא הַתְּפִלָּה מֻפְסֶקֶת כָּל כָּךְ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ולא יהא סרבן באותה שעה – In the manner of those who descend before the Ark [to lead the service] that they must refuse once, but he should not refuse when they [the members of the congregation] tell him, “go down,” because it is shameful that the Prayer is interrupted so much.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:4:1
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**לֹא יַעֲנֶה אַחַר הַכֹּהֲנִים אָמֵן.** בְּסוֹף כָּל בְּרָכָה כְּמוֹ שֶׁשְּׁאָר הַצִּבּוּר עוֹנִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא יענה אחר הכהנים אמן – at the conclusion of each blessing such as the rest of the congregation does (i.e. After the Kohanim, at the prompting of the שליח ציבור/emissary of the congregation, recites each word in Hebrew of – “May the LORD bless you and guard you” – the congregation would answer “Amen.”).


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:4:2
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**מִפְּנֵי הַטֵּרוּף.** שֶׁלֹּא תִּטְרֹף דַּעְתּוֹ וְיִטְעֶה, לְפִי שֶׁשְּׁלִיחַ צִבּוּר הוּא צָרִיךְ לְהַתְחִיל בְּרָכָה שְׁנִיָּה וּלְהַקְרוֹת לָהֶן מִלָּה בְּמִלָּה, וְאִם יַעֲנֶה אָמֵן לֹא יוּכַל לְכַוֵּן וְלַחֲזֹר לִתְפִלָּתוֹ מַהֵר וּלְהַתְחִיל הַבְּרָכָה כָּרָאוּי שֶׁיַּתְחִיל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מפני הטירוף – that he (the שליח ציבור/emissary of the congregation) would not be confused and err since the שליח ציבור/emissary of the congregation would need to begin the second blessing and recite it to them (the Kohanim), word by word, and if he would answer “Amen,” (following the completion of the recitation of the blessing by the Kohanim), he would not be able to concentrate and return to his prayer speedily , and to begin the blessing in the appropriate manner that he should begin.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:4:3
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**לֹא יִשָּׂא אֶת כַּפָּיו.** שֶׁמָּא לֹא יוּכַל לְכַוֵּן וְלַחֲזֹר לִתְפִלָּתוֹ לְהַתְחִיל שִׂים שָׁלוֹם, שֶׁתְּהֵא דַעְתּוֹ מְטֹרֶפֶת מֵאֵימָתָא דְצִבּוּרָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
לא ישא את כפיו – Lest he is unable to concentrate and return to his prayer (repetition of the Amidah and to begin “שים שלום/Grant peace” (the concluding blessing of the Amidah), as his mind would be confused due to his fear of the congregation.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:4:4
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**וְאִם הַבְטָחָתוֹ.** כְּלוֹמַר אִם בָּטוּחַ הוּא שֶׁלֹּא תְהֵא דַּעְתּוֹ מְטֹרֶפֶת מֵאֵימַת הַצִּבּוּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואם הבטחתו – that is if he is self-assured that he won’t become confused from the fear of the congregation.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:5:1
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**אִם שְׁגוּרָה תְפִלָּתִי.** סְדוּרָה בְּפִי בִּמְרוּצָה וְאֵינִי נִכְשָׁל בָּהּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אם שגורה תפלתי – ordered/arranged well in my mouth, that is acceptable and I would not stumble in it.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Berakhot 5:5:2
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**שֶׁהוּא מְטֹרָף.** שֶׁהַחוֹלֶה מְטֹרָף, כְּמוֹ אַךְ טָרֹף טֹרָף (בראשית מד). פֵּרוּשׁ אַחֵר לְשׁוֹן טוֹרְפִים לוֹ תְּפִלָּתוֹ בְּפָנָיו (בגמרא דף ה), כְּלוֹמַר הַתְּפִלָּה שֶׁהִתְפַּלְּלוּ עָלָיו מְטֹרֶפֶת וּטְרוּדָה מִמֶּנּוּ וְאֵינָהּ מְקֻבֶּלֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
שהוא מטורף – that the infirm individual would be rejected (bound to die), such as (Genesis 44: 28), “alas, he was torn by a beast. ” Another explanation: it is the language (Tractate Berakhot 5b) of: “his prayer is thrown in his face” (i.e. rejected); that is to say, the prayer that they prayed for him is rejected and troubled and not accepted.