Translation:Mishnah/Seder Zeraim/Tractate Berakhot/Chapter 2/4
Introduction
[edit]Hebrew Text
[edit]- הָאֻמָּנִין קוֹרִין בְּרֹאשׁ הָאִילָן אוֹ בְּרֹאשׁ הַנִּדְבָּךְ,
- מַה שֶּׁאֵינָן רַשָּׁאִין לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן בִּתְפִלָּה.
English Translation
[edit]- Workers can recite [Shema] on top of a tree or on top of a wall of stones,
- which they are not permitted to do for tefillah [prayer].
Explanation
[edit]We see in Mishnah Berakhot 1:3 that the physical posture does not matter when reciting Shema (following the opinion of Beit Hillel), whereas the tefillah must be said in a standing position (cite?).