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The Talmud answers: When R' Abba returned from his travels at sea, he explained the matter as follows: The rabbis concede to the opinion of Rabban Gamliel with regard to the blessings of Rosh HaShana and of Yom Kippur, that in these cases the prayer leader fulfills the obligation on behalf of the m
The Talmud raises a difficulty. Is that so? Didn’t R' Ḥana from the city of Tzippori say that R' Yoḥanan said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of Rabban Gamliel with regard to the blessings of Rosh HaShana and of Yom Kippur? Apparently, he holds that the tanna’im remain in dispute eve
Rather, R' Yoḥanan’s statements must be attributed to different rabbis, as Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: Who concedes to the opinion of Rabban Gamliel? R' Meir. And with regard to R' Yoḥanan’s ruling that the halakha is in accordance with Rabban Gamliel, which, by inference, indicates that the tann
The Talmud explains: As it is taught in a baraita: With regard to the blessings of Rosh HaShana and of Yom Kippur, the prayer leader fulfills the obligation on behalf of the many. This is the statement of R' Meir. And the Rabbis say: Just as the prayer leader is obligated in these prayers, so too,
The Talmud asks: What is different about these blessings of Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, that R' Meir concedes to the opinion of Rabban Gamliel only with regard to them, but not about the blessings recited the rest of the year? If we say that it is due to the many verses that are included in these b