Brachos 52 – ברכות נב

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Today’s Daf Yomi Question:

Beis Shamai offer two reasons why the bracha on the ‘Day’ precedes the bracha on the wine 1) since the day is the catalyst 2) the day arrives first.  When the Gemara asks from havdalah (where we see that the bracha on wine is recited first) why can’t the Gemara answer that havdalah doesn’t have two reasons (only the first but not the second) since the wine is present before the weekday arrives?

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Brachos 53 – ברכות נג

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Today’s Daf Yomi Question:

The Gemara says that one need not search for a flame on Motzei Shabbos since it is not obligatory like other Mitzvos.  Why were they allowed to interrupt their learning to make a bracha on a flame if it is merely optional?

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