## Sukkah Daf 38b

###### Sukkah 38b:1
[Sukkah 38b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/38b:1)

הִלְכְתָא גִּיבָּרָתָא אִיכָּא לְמִשְׁמַע מִמִּנְהֲגָא דְהַלֵּילָא. הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״הַלְלוּיָהּ״, וְהֵן אוֹמְרִים: ״הַלְלוּיָהּ״ — מִכָּאן שֶׁמִּצְוָה לַעֲנוֹת ״הַלְלוּיָהּ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Many significant *halakhot* can be learned from the custom of *hallel*** based on the manner in which it was recited. In reciting *hallel* there are allusions to several halakhic matters and customs that the Sages instituted due to circumstances extant at the time. Although due to increased literacy and familiarity with the *hallel* liturgy the reasons no longer apply, these customs remain in practice. The prayer leader **recites: “*Halleluya*”** (Psalms 113:1), **and** the congregation **recites: *Halleluya*,** in response. **From here** is the source **that** there is **a mitzva to respond: *Halleluya*.**


###### Sukkah 38b:2
[Sukkah 38b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/38b:2)

הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״הַלָּלוּ עַבְדֵי ה׳״, וְהֵן אוֹמְרִין: ״הַלְלוּיָהּ״ — מִכָּאן שֶׁאִם הָיָה גָּדוֹל מַקְרֶא אוֹתוֹ, עוֹנֶה אַחֲרָיו ״הַלְלוּיָהּ״. הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״הוֹדוּ לַה׳״, וְהֵן אוֹמְרִים: ״הוֹדוּ לַה׳״ — מִכָּאן שֶׁמִּצְוָה לַעֲנוֹת רָאשֵׁי פְרָקִים. אִתְּמַר נָמֵי, אָמַר רַב חָנָן בַּר רָבָא: מִצְוָה לַעֲנוֹת רָאשֵׁי פְרָקִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Likewise, the prayer leader **recites: “Give praise, servants of the Lord”** (Psalms 113:1), **and** the congregation **recites: *Halleluya*,** in response. **From here** is the source of the *halakha* cited in the mishna **that if an adult male was reciting** *hallel* **on his** behalf, **he answers: *Halleluya*. He recites: “Thank the Lord,** for He is good” (Psalms 118:1), **and they respond: “Thank the Lord,** for He is good.” **From here** is the source **that** there is **a mitzva to respond** by reciting **the beginnings of chapters. It was also stated** that **Rav Ḥanan bar Rava said:** There is **a mitzva to respond** by reciting **the beginnings of chapters.**


###### Sukkah 38b:3
[Sukkah 38b:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/38b:3)

הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״אָנָא ה׳ הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּא״, וְהֵן אוֹמְרִים: ״אָנָּא ה׳ הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּא״, — מִכָּאן שֶׁאִם הָיָה קָטָן מַקְרֶא אוֹתוֹ, עוֹנִין אַחֲרָיו מַה שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rava continued to cite the significant *halakhot* learned from *hallel*. The prayer leader **recites: “Lord, please save us”** (Psalms 118:25), **and** the congregation **recites: “Lord, please save us,”** in response. **From here** is the source of the *halakha* cited in the mishna **that if a minor was reciting** a portion that is not from the beginning of a chapter **on one’s** behalf, **he recites after him** precisely **what he says.**


###### Sukkah 38b:4
[Sukkah 38b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/38b:4)

הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״אָנָא ה׳ הַצְלִיחָה נָּא״ וְהֵן אוֹמְרִים: ״אָנָּא ה׳ הַצְלִיחָה נָּא״, מִכָּאן שֶׁאִם בָּא לִכְפּוֹל — כּוֹפֵל. הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא״, וְהֵן אוֹמְרִים: ״בְּשֵׁם ה׳״ — מִכָּאן לְשׁוֹמֵעַ כְּעוֹנֶה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The prayer leader **recites: “Lord, please grant us success,” and** the congregation **recites** in response: “**Lord, please grant us success”** (Psalms 118:25). **From here** is the source of the *halakha* **that if** one **comes to repeat** a particular verse in *hallel* twice, **he** may **repeat** it. The prayer leader **recites: “Blessed is one who comes”** (Psalms 118:26), **and** the congregation **recites** the rest of the verse: **“In the name of the Lord”** (Psalms 118:26), in response. **From here** is the source of the *halakha* that the halakhic status of **one who hears** a passage recited **is equivalent to** that of **one who recites** it, as the congregation fulfills its obligation even though it does not repeat the entire verse.


###### Sukkah 38b:5
[Sukkah 38b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/38b:5)

בְּעוֹ מִינֵּיהּ מֵרַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא: שָׁמַע וְלֹא עָנָה, מַהוּ? אֲמַר לְהוּ: חַכִּימַיָּא וְסָפְרַיָּא וְרֵישֵׁי עַמָּא וְדָרָשַׁיָּא אָמְרוּ: שָׁמַע וְלֹא עָנָה — יָצָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Apropos this *halakha*, the Gemara relates that the Sages **raised a dilemma before Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba:** If **one heard** a passage recited **and did not recite** it himself, **what is** the *halakha*? Did he fulfill his obligation or not? **He said to them** that **the Sages, and the schoolteachers, and the heads of the nation, and the** homiletic **interpreters said: One who heard** a passage recited **and did not recite** it himself **fulfilled** his obligation.


###### Sukkah 38b:6
[Sukkah 38b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/38b:6)

אִתְּמַר נָמֵי, אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן פַּזִּי אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי מִשּׁוּם בַּר קַפָּרָא: מִנַּיִן לְשׁוֹמֵעַ כְּעוֹנֶה — דִּכְתִיב: ״אֶת (הַדְּבָרִים) אֲשֶׁר קָרָא (יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ)״. וְכִי יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ קְרָאָן? וַהֲלֹא שָׁפָן קְרָאָן, דִּכְתִיב: ״וַיִּקְרָאֵהוּ שָׁפָן (אֵת כׇּל הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה) לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ״. אֶלָּא, מִכָּאן לְשׁוֹמֵעַ כְּעוֹנֶה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It was also stated** that **Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi said** that **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said in the name of Bar Kappara: From where** is it derived that the halakhic status of **one who hears** a passage recited **is equivalent to** that of **one who recites** it? It is **as it is written: “All the words of the book which** the king of Judea **has read”** (II Kings 22:16). **And did** King **Josiah read them? Didn’t Shaphan read them, as it is written: “And Shaphan read it before the king”** (II Kings 22:10)? **Rather, from here** it is derived **that** the halakhic status of **one who hears** a passage recited **is equivalent to** that of **one who recites** it, and it is as though Josiah read the words himself.


###### Sukkah 38b:7
[Sukkah 38b:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/38b:7)

וְדִילְמָא בָּתַר דִּקְרָאנְהוּ שָׁפָן קְרָא יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ? אָמַר רַב אַחָא בַּר יַעֲקֹב: לָא סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ, דִּכְתִיב: ״יַעַן רַךְ לְבָבְךָ וַתִּכָּנַע לִפְנֵי ה׳ בְּשׇׁמְעֲךָ (אֶת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה)״ — ״בְּשׇׁמְעֲךָ״ וְלָא ״בְּקׇרְאֲךָ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And perhaps after Shaphan read them Josiah read** them again? **Rav Aḥa bar Ya’akov said:** It should **not enter your mind** to say so, **as it is written: “Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard** what I spoke in this place” (II Kings 22:19). The Gemara infers: **“When you heard”** is written in the verse, **and not: When you read.** In other words, immediately upon hearing Shaphan read the text, King Josiah sent for Huldah the prophetess, which shows that he humbled his heart. Clearly, the halakhic status of one who hears a passage recited is equivalent to that of one who recites it.


###### Sukkah 38b:8
[Sukkah 38b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Sukkah/r/38b:8)

אָמַר רָבָא: לָא לֵימָא אִינִישׁ ״בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא״ וַהֲדַר ״בְּשֵׁם ה׳״, אֶלָּא ״בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא בְּשֵׁם ה׳״, בַּהֲדָדֵי. (אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב סָפְרָא:

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Apropos *hallel*, the Gemara cites additional *halakhot*. **Rava said: Let a person not recite: “Blessed is one who comes,” and then,** after pausing, recite: **“In the name of the Lord.” Rather,** let him recite without pause: **“Blessed is one who comes in the name of the Lord.” Rav Safra said to** Rava: