This morning's Sunday Shiur (2/7/21 at YBT) focused on the berachah Chazal instituted to be said immediately upon waking: Elohai Neshamah. After reviewing our "MMMMMM!" method of tefilah analysis and going over the halachic history of this berachah, we set out to answer a single question: "What do we mean by 'neshamah' in this berachah?" The deeper we delve into our analysis of the text, with the aid of the Abudirham's commentary, the more difficult this question becomes to answer. Ultimately, we posit a Grand Theory of Elohai Neshamah which not only answers our question, but enables us to identify specific ideas to have in mind when saying every word of the berachah.
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה - חלוקת הספרים, ספר אהבה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הלכות ברכות א:ג-ד
תלמוד בבלי ברכות דף ס עמוד ב
ערוך השולחן או"ח מו:ט
נוסח התפילה - אלהי נשמה
אבודרהם - אלהי נשמה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ד:ז-ט
רמב"ם - משנה תורה, ספר אהבה, סדר התפלה
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