Parallel
סוכה 38:2
Soncino English Talmud · Berean Standard Bible
One can deduce important decisions from the [present] custom of [reciting the] Hallel. [Thus], since he says Hallelujah and they respond Hallelujah, it may be inferred that it is a religious duty to answer Hallelujah. Since he says, Praise Him, ye servants of the Lord, and they [again] respond Hallelujah, it may be deduced that if a major recites [the Hallel] for one the latter responds Hallelujah. Since he says, Give thanks unto the Lord, and they respond, Give thanks unto the Lord, it may be inferred that it is a religious duty to make a response of the beginning of the sections. (So it was also stated; R. Hanan b. Raba ruled, It is a religious duty to make a response of the beginning of the sections.) Since he says, Save now, we beseech Thee, O Lord, and they answer, Save now, we beseech Thee, O Lord, it may be inferred that if a minor was reciting it for him, the latter answers after him what he says. Since he says, O Lord, we beseech Thee, send now prosperity, and they respond O, Lord we beseech Thee, send now prosperity, it may be inferred that if a man wishes to double [the verses] he may. Since he says, Blessed be he that cometh, and they answer, In the name of the Lord, it may be inferred that he who hearkens is as though he responded. They enquired of R. Hiyya b. Abba, If one listened but did not make the responses — what is the law? — He answered them, The Sages, the Scribes, the leaders of the people and the expounders laid down that if a man listened though he did not make the responses he has fulfilled his obligation. So it was also stated: R. Simeon b. Pazzi citing R. Joshua b. Levi who had it from Bar Kappara stated, Whence do we know that he who listens is as though he responds? From what is written, Even all the words of the book which the King of Judah hath read. For was it Josiah that read them? Was it not, in fact Shaphan who read them, as it is written, And Shaphan read it before the king. Consequently it may be inferred that he who listens is as though he responds. But perhaps Josiah read it after Shaphan had read it? — R. Aha b. Jacob replied, This cannot be thought of, since it is written, Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake; "When thou heardest’, not ‘when thou didst read’. Raba ruled, One should not say Blessed be he that cometh’ and then [pause and] say ‘in the name of the Lord,’ but ‘Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord’ all together. (R. Safra said to him,
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