Nazir 66B

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Seize the opportunity and quickly recite a blessing over the cup of blessing for the Grace after Meals. And similarly, Rav Huna said to his son, Rabba: Seize the opportunity and recite a blessing.

The Talmud asks: Is this to say that one who recites a blessing is preferable to one who answers amen? But isn’t it taught in a baraita that R' Yosei says: The one who answers amen is greater than the one who recites the blessing? And R' Nehorai said to him: By Heavens, it is so. Know that this is t

The Talmud responds: This is a dispute between tanna’im, as it is taught in a baraita: Both the one who recites a blessing and the one who answers amen are included among those who “stand up and bless” (Nehemiah 9:5), but one hurries to first reward the one who recites the blessing. This baraita ap

R' Elazar said that R' Ḥanina said: Torah scholars increase peace in the world, as it is stated: “And all your children [banayikh] shall be taught of YHWH, and great shall be the peace of your children” (Isaiah 54:13). The rabbis interpreted this verse homiletically: Do not read it as: “Your childre