Study Sukkah folio 38B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Many significant halakhot can be learned from the custom of hallel based on the manner in which it was recited. In reciting hallel there are allusions to several halakhic matters and customs that the rabbis instituted due to circumstances extant at the time. Although due to increased literacy and fa
Likewise, the prayer leader recites: “Give praise, servants of YHWH” (Psalms 113:1), and the congregation recites: Halleluya, in response. From here is the source of the halakha cited in the Mishnah that if an adult male was reciting hallel on his behalf, he answers: Halleluya. He recites: “Thank Y
Rava continued to cite the significant halakhot learned from hallel. The prayer leader recites: “Lord, please save us” (Psalms 118:25), and the congregation recites: “Lord, please save us,” in response. From here is the source of the halakha cited in the Mishnah that if a minor was reciting a porti
The prayer leader recites: “Lord, please grant us success,” and the congregation recites in response: “Lord, please grant us success” (Psalms 118:25). From here is the source of the halakha that if one comes to repeat a particular verse in hallel twice, he may repeat it. The prayer leader recites: “
Apropos this halakha, the Talmud relates that the rabbis raised a dilemma before R' Ḥiyya bar Abba: If one heard a passage recited and did not recite it himself, what is the halakha? Did he fulfill his obligation or not? He said to them that the rabbis, and the schoolteachers, and the heads of the