ודכולי עלמא מיהת מפסק לא פסיק
איבעיא להו מהו להפסיק ליהא שמו הגדול מבורך כי אתא רב דימי אמר ר' יהודה ור"ש תלמידי דרבי יוחנן אמרי לכל אין מפסיקין חוץ מן יהא שמו הגדול מבורך שאפילו עוסק במעשה מרכבה פוסק ולית הלכתא כותיה:
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Formal question with איבעיא להו
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ודכולי עלמא מיהת מפסק לא פסיק
איבעיא להו מהו להפסיק ליהא שמו הגדול מבורך כי אתא רב דימי אמר ר' יהודה ור"ש תלמידי דרבי יוחנן אמרי לכל אין מפסיקין חוץ מן יהא שמו הגדול מבורך שאפילו עוסק במעשה מרכבה פוסק ולית הלכתא כותיה:
Pedagogical transliterationibba'ya lehu: mahu le-hafsiq li-hei shemei ha-gadol mevorakh
Plain meaningBerakhot 21b:6–7: a formal question asks whether one interrupts for יהא שמו הגדול מבורך; an answer is reported and then rejected as law.
The primary Bavli text is unpointed. Any pointing or transliteration in the explanatory layer is pedagogically supplied and must not be mistaken for the source witness.WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Formal question with איבעיא להו
אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ formally introduces the problem. כִּי אֲתָא רַב דִּימִי introduces a transmitted answer: one interrupts only for יְהֵא שְׁמוֹ הַגָּדוֹל מְבֹרָךְ, even while engaged in the Work of the Chariot. The closing וְלֵית הִלְכְתָא כְּוָתֵיהּ explicitly says the law does not follow that view.
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ibba'ya lehu: mahu le-hafsiq li-hei shemei ha-gadol mevorakh
READINGPedagogical reading guide
Berakhot 21b:6–7: a formal question asks whether one interrupts for יהא שמו הגדול מבורך; an answer is reported and then rejected as law.
MEANINGJewish Babylonian Aramaic
background agreement → איבעיא להו problem → מהו question → כי אתא report → אמרי answer → שאפילו support → ולית הלכתא conclusion
EXAMPLES
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Close translation — ‘In any event, everyone agrees that one does not interrupt. They raised a question: What is the rule about interrupting for “May His great name be blessed”? When Rav Dimi came, he said: Rabbi Yehuda and Rabbi Shimon, students of Rabbi Yoḥanan, said: One interrupts for nothing except “May His great name be blessed,” for even one engaged in the Work of the Chariot interrupts. But the law is not in accordance with that view.’
SOURCE REFERENCE
Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 21b:6–7
APPROVED STUDY LAYERS
Source-specific guidance from the curriculum.
Learning objective
Separate the formal question, reported answer, supporting extreme case, and editorial legal conclusion.
Discourse analysis
JBA problem and transmission formulas surround the Hebrew liturgical phrase. The closing לית הלכתא is the editorial legal signal.
Practice
Quote the question, the reported answer, and the final legal conclusion. Does the supporting extreme case itself establish the final halakhah?
Answer key
Question: מהו להפסיק ליהא שמו הגדול מבורך. Reported answer: לכל אין מפסיקין חוץ מן יהא שמו הגדול מבורך. Final conclusion: ולית הלכתא כותיה. No—the text expressly rejects that reported view as the governing law.
Source notes
Primary text: Wikisource Talmud Bavli, CC-BY-SA. The bounded source includes question, answer, support, and explicit disposition; it does not stop at the tempting reported answer.
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