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כי סליק רבי אבא מימי, פירשה: מודים חכמים לרבן גמליאל בברכות של ראש השנה ושל יום הכפורים, והלכה מכלל דפליגי בברכות דכל השנה.
The Talmud answers: When R' Abba returned from his travels at sea, he explained the matter as follows: The rabbis concede to the opinion of Rabban Gamliel with regard to the blessings of Rosh HaShana and of Yom Kippur, that in these cases the prayer leader fulfills the obligation on behalf of the many. And R' Yoḥanan’s statement that the halakha is in accordance with Rabban Gamliel, which, by inference, indicates that the tanna’im still disagree, is referring to the blessings of the entire year.
איני?! והאמר רבי חנה ציפוראה אמר רבי יוחנן: הלכה כרבן גמליאל בברכות של ראש השנה ושל יום הכפורים!
The Talmud raises a difficulty. Is that so? Didn’t R' Ḥana from the city of Tzippori say that R' Yoḥanan said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of Rabban Gamliel with regard to the blessings of Rosh HaShana and of Yom Kippur? Apparently, he holds that the tanna’im remain in dispute even with regard to these blessings.
אלא אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק: מאן מודים — רבי מאיר, והלכה מכלל דפליגי — רבנן.
Rather, R' Yoḥanan’s statements must be attributed to different rabbis, as Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: Who concedes to the opinion of Rabban Gamliel? R' Meir. And with regard to R' Yoḥanan’s ruling that the halakha is in accordance with Rabban Gamliel, which, by inference, indicates that the tanna’im still disagree, this is referring to the Rabbis, who disagree with R' Meir.
דתניא: ברכות של ראש השנה ושל יום הכפורים — שליח צבור מוציא הרבים ידי חובתן, דברי רבי מאיר. וחכמים אומרים: כשם ששליח צבור חייב — כך כל יחיד ויחיד חייב.
The Talmud explains: As it is taught in a baraita: With regard to the blessings of Rosh HaShana and of Yom Kippur, the prayer leader fulfills the obligation on behalf of the many. This is the statement of R' Meir. And the Rabbis say: Just as the prayer leader is obligated in these prayers, so too, every individual is obligated to recite them on his own. Clearly, R' Meir agrees with Rabban Gamliel with regard to the blessings of Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, while the Rabbis dispute this ruling.