היכא קאי – מהיכא קא סליק דתנא ביה חובת קריאת שמע שהתחיל לשאול כאן זמן הקריאה:
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היכא קאי – מהיכא קא סליק דתנא ביה חובת קריאת שמע שהתחיל לשאול כאן זמן הקריאה:
Pedagogical transliterationheikha qa'i — me-heikha qa saliq ...
Plain meaningRashi explains the Gemara’s question היכא קאי: from what prior discussion does the Tanna proceed when he asks about the time of Shema?
The primary commentary is read as printed. Any transliteration is pedagogically supplied and is not part of the source witness.WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Rashi on Bavli
The lemma היכא קאי is the Gemara’s Jewish Babylonian Aramaic. Rashi glosses it with another Aramaic phrase, מהיכא קא סליק, and then explains in Hebrew: from what prior point does the Tanna proceed, having begun here to ask the time of recitation? The compact comment is ideal for learning that Rashi may move between Hebrew and Aramaic inside one line.
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heikha qa'i — me-heikha qa saliq ...
READINGPedagogical reading guide
Rashi explains the Gemara’s question היכא קאי: from what prior discussion does the Tanna proceed when he asks about the time of Shema?
MEANINGCommentary Hebrew and Aramaic
Gemara lemma: היכא קאי · Aramaic gloss: מהיכא קא סליק · Hebrew explanation: דתנא ביה חובת קריאת שמע · local question: שהתחיל לשאול כאן זמן הקריאה
EXAMPLES
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Close translation — ‘Where does he stand? From where does the Tanna proceed, in which he taught the obligation of reciting Shema, since he began here to ask the time of the recitation?’
SOURCE REFERENCE
Rashi on Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 2a, s.v. היכא קאי
APPROVED STUDY LAYERS
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Learning objective
Connect a Rashi dibbur hamatḥil to the exact JBA words it explains and distinguish source language from commentary language.
Language and layout
The Gemara lemma and initial gloss are JBA; the explanatory continuation is commentary Hebrew. The edition is unpointed, so transliteration is pedagogical.
Practice
Underline the dibbur hamatḥil. Mark the Aramaic gloss and the Hebrew explanatory clauses. What exact Gemara problem is Rashi clarifying?
Answer key
Dibbur hamatḥil: היכא קאי. Aramaic gloss: מהיכא קא סליק. Hebrew explanation begins דתנא ביה. Rashi clarifies the question of what prior textual basis lets the Mishnah begin with מאימתי, ‘from when.’
Source notes
Primary edition: Vilna Edition, Public Domain. The exact adjacent comment is selected from the registered Rashi on Berakhot text.
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