Brachos 15-Washing hands/Mental/Inaudible Blessings, Cooling Fire of Gehinom, Enunciation of words - a podcast by Eran Netkin

1. Washing before tefilla
Washing before tefilla is so important that one should travel back almost a mil and forward as far as a
parsah in order to find water.
2. Is one required to hear himself recite Krias Shema
A significant amount of the daf focuses on the machlokes in the Mishna regarding whether one is
required to hear himself recite Krias Shema to fulfill the mitzva.
3. Spacing out words that ten to lur into one another
From the word "ולמדתם” ,"and you should teach them” we learn "תם למודך שיהא”,"that one’s learning
should be pure” (articulated faultlessly). Therefore one should pause between words that tend to get
attached such as "לבבך על”) ."ul levavecha”)
Siman – A Fruit Bowl (Based on connection to Tu B’Shevat)
A fruit bowl with handles shaped like two big ears is placed under a washing sink and contains
the words "לבבך על”"ul levavecha” written on two separate pieces of paper.

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