Sukkah 56a Part 1/6

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Which comes first on Succos, leishev basukkah or shehecheyanu? Rav puts the chiyuva d'yoma first, and Rabbah bar bar Chana puts first the bracha that comes more often. The Gemara tries to tie this machlokes to Beis Shammai and Beis Hillel on kiddush. Then the Gemara shows that each could agree with the other side, because at kiddush the two brachos depend on each other and here they do not.

Key points

• Rav puts leishev basukkah before shehecheyanu, because the chiyuva d'yoma comes first.
• Rabbah bar bar Chana puts shehecheyanu first, since the more frequent bracha comes first.
• Beis Shammai puts the bracha of the day first, since the day brings the wine and came first.
• The Gemara lets Rav agree with Beis Hillel, since kiddush needs wine but leishev basukkah needs no shehecheyanu.
• Shehecheyanu needs no sukkah, so the Gemara lets Rabbah bar bar Chana agree with Beis Shammai.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Rav and Rabbah bar bar Chana's machlokes
2. 2:20Beis Shammai and Beis Hillel on kiddush
3. 8:03Pairing the sevaros of both sides
4. 13:06The Gemara's proposed connection
5. 14:57Rav holding like Beis Hillel
6. 16:10Two reasons for saying shehecheyanu
7. 23:39Learning the sugya again from the top
8. 33:18Rabbah bar bar Chana and Beis Shammai

Topics

• Leishev Basukkah
• Shehecheyanu
• Kiddush
• Tadir v'She'eino Tadir