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“Which I command you this day, will be upon your heart.” Surely the word these, does not come to limit the mitzva of intent. On the contrary, from here you derive that the entire portion requires intent.
Rabba bar bar Ḥana said that R' Yoḥanan said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva; the entire portion requires intent.
Some teach this halakha stated by R' Yoḥanan with regard to that which was taught in a Tosefta, where there is a tannaitic dispute. The first tanna holds: One who recites Shema must focus his heart for the entire Shema. R' Aḥa says in the name of R' Yehuda: Once he focused his heart for the first pa
It was taught in another baraita on this subject, which cited different opinions. From: And they will be, recited in Shema, it is derived that it may not be recited out of order. From: Upon your heart, Rav Zutra says: To this point, there is the mitzva of intent; from here on, beginning with the
At first the Talmud understands that Rav Zutra required recitation only in the second paragraph, while in the first paragraph only intent was required. Therefore, the Talmud asks: What is different, that from here on, beginning with the second paragraph, there is the mitzva of recitation? Is it b