The Bracha of HaMaavir Sheinah

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why is HaMaavir Sheinah the last of Birchos HaShachar, and why does it end with l'amo Yisrael when the whole world wakes up? Rav Schwab notes that the Torah never says Hashem woke Adam from his tardemah. Adam there means mankind, which stayed in a spiritual slumber until Matan Torah. The bracha thanks Hashem for a Torah that wakes us to purpose, so the Yehi Ratzon about Torah and mitzvos belongs to it.

Key points

• Since the Gemara has these brachos said while rising, HaMaavir Sheinah seemingly belongs first.
• Rav Schwab reads Adam's tardemah as mankind's slumber, lifted only at Matan Torah.
• In Rav Schwab's mashal, one day of sight leaves a blind man understanding forever.

In this shiur

1. 0:00When was Adam woken from his tardemah
2. 1:39The last of Birchos HaShachar
3. 2:14Yehi Ratzon joined to the bracha
4. 2:40Three questions on HaMaavir Sheinah
5. 4:42Rav Schwab on mankind's slumber
6. 7:41Sinah from Har Sinai
7. 8:18Mashal of the doctor and the blind
8. 9:26Getting out of bed for a reason

Topics

• Birchos HaShachar
• HaMaavir Sheinah
• Matan Torah