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and that, the covenant of circumcision, was given with 13 covenants, as the word brit, covenant, appears 13 times in the portion dealing with the circumcision of Abraham (Genesis 17:1–14).
R' Abba says: One must mention thanks in the blessing of thanksgiving in Grace after Meals at the beginning and the end of the blessing. And one who decreases the number of expressions of thanksgiving may not decrease their number to fewer than one, and if anyone decreases their number to fewer than
The Talmud added that the conclusions of the blessing of the land and the blessing: Who builds Jerusalem, may also not be changed. Anyone who concludes the blessing of the land: Who bequeaths lands and concludes the blessing: Who builds Jerusalem, with the formula: Who redeems Israel, is an am ha'a
The Talmud notes: This baraita supports the opinion of R' Il’a, as R' Il’a said that R' Ya’akov bar Aḥa said in the name of Rabbeinu, R' Yehuda HaNasi: Anyone who did not mention covenant and Torah in the blessing of the land and the royal house of David in the blessing: Who builds Jerusalem, did n
Abba Yosei ben Dostai and the Rabbis disagreed whether or not God’s sovereignty must be invoked in the blessing: Who is good and does good. One said: Who is good and does good, requires mention of God’s sovereignty, and one said: It does not require mention of God’s sovereignty. The Talmud explains