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However, if you say that they would omit: Who creates light, and would recite: An abounding love, on what basis would you conclude that failure to recite one of the blessings recited before Shema does not prevent one from reciting the other? In that case, one could offer another reason why only a
As this deductive reasoning seems coherent and convincing, the Talmud asks: And if this halakha is based on inference, and not on an explicit statement, what of it? There seems to be no other way to interpret R' Shimon ben Lakish’s statement.
The Talmud answers: If this conclusion were based on an inference, one could say that actually they recited: An abounding love, and when the time to recite: Who creates light arrived, they would recite it. In that case, what is the meaning of: Failure to recite one of the blessings recited before
The Talmud related above that the priests in the Temple read the 10 Commandments, along with the sections of Shema, VeHaya im Shamoa, VaYomer, True and Firm, Avoda, and the priestly benediction.
Rav Yehuda said that Shmuel said: Even in the outlying areas, outside the Temple, they sought to recite the 10 Commandments in this manner every day, as they are the basis of the Torah (Rambam), but they had already abolished recitation of the 10 Commandments due to the grievance of the heretics,