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Podcast: The Tefilah Podcast
Episode: The Order of Shevach and Bakashah (Part 1) (Rashba on Berachos 32a)
Description: Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!I was recently asked a question about what, exactly, we're doing when we praise Hashem in tefilah. I was also recently asked the same question about making requests in tefilah. In this evening's tefilah shiur (10/14/21) our goal was to address both topics simultaneously. We began learning the Rashba's commentary on Berachos 32a in which he explains a machlokess in Avodah Zarah 7b about whether we should engage in shevach (praise) first and bakashah (request) afterwards, or vice versa. The Rashba forewarns us that this Gemara contains some...