Sukkah, Daf Lammed Tet, Part 1

 

Introduction

This week’s daf begins by relating to the issue of repeating lines in the Hallel. Today we do this towards the end of the Hallel, at the end of Psalm 118.

 

מקום שנהגו לכפול. תנא: רבי כופל בה דברים, רבי אלעזר בן פרטא מוסיף בה דברים. מאי מוסיף? אמר אביי: מוסיף לכפול מאודך ולמטה.

 

Where the custom obtains to repeat..

It was taught: Rabbi used to repeat [certain] words in it;

R. Elazar b. Perata used to add [certain] words in it.

What does it mean to add?

Abaye explained: He added the doubling beginning with "I will give thanks" to the end of the Psalm.

 

According to the baraita that explains the mishnah, Rabbi used to repeat certain phrases. Rashi explains that Rabbi would repeat only from verse 25, "Ana Hashem Hoshia Na" and onward. Rabbi Elazar b. Perata would add more repeated verses, from verse 21 and onward, "Odecha ki anitani." This is the custom that we follow today.