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Tractate Berakoth: III.—Benedictions at Meals, etc.: M. VIII. 7; T. VI. 7-8. Parenthesis: When the Benediction must not be said

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This is a passage from A. Lukyn Williams' 1921 annotated translation of Tractate Berakoth, a tractate from the Mishnah (Jewish rabbinic law), dealing with rules governing benedictions (blessings). The specific content addresses when and over what one may or may not recite a blessing during the Havdalah ceremony marking the end of the Sabbath, focusing on the lamp and spices used in that ritual. The main argument is a series of legal rulings: blessings may not be said over light or spices belonging to heathens, used for the dead, or connected to idol worship, and the lamp blessing must be said when one can actually benefit from its light. A notable theological digression holds that fire and hybrid creatures were not part of the original six days of Creation but were divinely "thought of" then — with Rabbi Judah specifically asserting that the fire of Gehenna (hell), created on the second day, burns eternally, citing Isaiah 66:24. Williams' editorial footnotes contextualize the rulings by explaining the religious reasoning behind each prohibition, such as concerns about Sabbath violation or superstitious practices. This text will primarily interest scholars of rabbinic Judaism, Jewish law, or the history of liturgical practice.

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