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לכפול — יכפול, לפשוט — יפשוט, לברך אחריו — יברך, הכל כמנהג המדינה. אמר אביי: לא שנו אלא לאחריו, אבל לפניו — [מצוה] לברך. דאמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל: כל המצות מברך עליהן עובר לעשייתן.
to double certain verses in hallel, one doubles them and reads them twice. In a place where the custom is to recite them simply, i.e., only once, one recites them simply. In a place where it is customary to recite a blessing after hallel, one should recite a blessing. Everything is in accordance with the regional custom. Abaye said: They taught that it depends on the local custom only with regard to the blessing after hallel; however, in all places it is a mitzva to recite a blessing before hallel. As Rav Yehuda said that Shmuel said: With regard to all the mitzvot, one recites a blessing over them prior to their performance.
מאי משמע דהאי ״עובר״ לישנא דאקדומי הוא? אמר רבי נחמן בר יצחק, דכתיב: ״וירץ אחימעץ דרך הככר ויעבור את הכושי״. אביי אמר, מהכא: ״והוא עבר לפניהם״. איכא דאמרי מהכא: ״ויעבור מלכם לפניהם וה׳ בראשם״.
The Talmud asks: From where may it be inferred that the word over is a formulation that means before an action is performed? Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said that this is as it is written: “And Ahimaaz ran by way of the square and he passed [vaya’avor] the Kushite” (II Samuel 18:23), i.e., Ahimaaz overtook the Kushite. Abaye said that it is derived from here: “And he passed [avar] before them” (Genesis 33:3). Some say that the proof is from here: “And their king should pass on [vaya’avor] before them, and God at their head” (Micah 2:13).
תניא: רבי כופל בה דברים, רבי אלעזר בן פרטא מוסיף בה דברים. מאי מוסיף? אמר אביי: מוסיף לכפול מ״אודך״ למטה.
It was taught in a baraita: R' Yehuda HaNasi doubles certain matters in hallel. R' Elazar ben Perata added matters to hallel. The Talmud asks: What did he add? Certainly this cannot mean that R' Elazar ben Perata added statements of his own to hallel. Abaye said: He added repetitions, i.e., he repeated other verses, from “I will give thanks to You” and onward. From that point on, he repeated each verse.