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היינו ״מטופל ואין לו״, היינו ״ביתו ריקם״? אמר רב חסדא: זהו שביתו ריקם מן העבירה. ״ופרקו נאה״, אמר אביי: זה שלא יצא עליו שם רע בילדותו.
The Talmud asks a question concerning the explanation of R' Yehuda: One who has dependent children and does not have anything with which to support them is apparently the same as one whose house is empty. Why does R' Yehuda list both descriptions? Rav Ḥisda said: This expression means that his house is empty of transgression. And R' Yehuda further said that the prayer leader must be one whose youth was becoming. In explanation of this phrase, Abaye said: This is one who did not have a bad reputation at any time during his youth.
״היתה לי נחלתי כאריה ביער נתנה עלי בקולה על כן שנאתיה״, מאי ״נתנה עלי בקולה״? אמר מר זוטרא בר טוביה אמר רב, ואמרי לה אמר רבי חמא אמר רבי אלעזר: זה שליח צבור שאינו הגון היורד לפני התיבה.
The Talmud cites a verse in relation to the prayer leader: “My heritage has become to me as a lion in the forest. She has uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her” (Jeremiah 12:8). What is the meaning of the phrase: “She has uttered her voice against me”? Mar Zutra bar Toviyya said that Rav said, and some say R' Ḥama said that R' Elazar said: This is an unworthy prayer leader who descends before the ark. When this person calls out to God, He thinks, so to speak: I hate the sound of his prayer.
ואומר לפניהם עשרים וארבע ברכות, שמונה עשרה שבכל יום ומוסיף עליהן עוד שש. הני שש, שבע הוויין! כדתנן: על השביעית הוא אומר ״ברוך מרחם על הארץ״! אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק: מאי ״שביעית״ — שביעית לארוכה.
§ The Mishnah teaches: And the prayer leader recites 24 blessings before them: The 18 blessings of the everyday Amida prayer, to which he adds another 6 blessings. The Talmud asks: Are these 6 blessings? In fact, they are 7, as we learned in a Mishnah: For the 7th he recites, Blessed are You, YHWH, Who has mercy on the Land. Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: What is the meaning of the 7th blessing? This is referring to the 7th for length, i.e., there were actually 6 new blessings, but as the prayer leader lengthens the 6th weekday blessing it is considered an additional blessing.