Prayer VIII: Birchot Keri’at Shema תפילה (ח): ברכות קריאת שמע

Rabba bar Ḥinnana Sava said in the name of Rav: One who did not recite: True and Firm [emet veyatziv] at the beginning of the blessing of redemption that follows Shema in the morning prayer, and: True and Trustworthy [emet ve’emuna] in the evening prayer, he did not fulfill his obligation. An allusion to the difference in formulation between morning and evening is, as it is stated: “To declare Your kindness in the morning and Your faith in the nights” (Psalms 92:3).

The fourth hour: For the berachot do not belong to Keri’at Shema, for even though they were enacted [to be recited] before Shema, nevertheless they are not berachot [over the mitzva] of Keri’at Shema. For one does not bless, “Who sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to recite Shema.”Indeed, they are like tefilla, and therefore their law is like shacharit, which is only through the first third of the day.

They [women] are exempt also from the berachot of Keri’at Shema, for they [theberachot] also have a set tim

It doesn’t make sense to be more stringent with Birchot Keri’at Shema than withKeri’at Shema itself.

They [women] are exempt from Birchot Keri’at Shema, for they are also time-bound…In any case, if they wish, they can recite the berachot and Keri’at Shema like sukka andlulav, from which they [women] are exempt and they still recite berachot over them. Our women do this and may a beracha come to them.

Women who know how to learn are accustomed to pray the full order of prayers like men, no less.

(5) They mention the Exodus from Egypt at night. Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah said: "Behold, I am almost a seventy-year old man and I have not succeeded in [understanding why] the Exodus from Egypt should be mentioned at night, until Ben Zoma explained it from a verse (Deuteronomy 16:3): ‘In order that you may remember the day you left Egypt all the days of your life.’ ‘The days of your life’ refers to the days. ‘All the days of your life’ refers to the nights.

(3) Although the precept to wear fringes is not incumbent at night, still the section concerning this precept is recited at night, because it mentions the departure from Egypt, which it is a duty to recall by day and at night, as it is said, "that thou mayest remember the day of thy going forth from the land of Egypt all the days of thy life" (Deuteronomy 16:3). The reading of these three sections in this order is termed "The reading of the Shema."

[Saying] Emet Ve-yatziv is a Torah-level obligation.

What does “I have done what is good in Your eyes” (Yishayahu 38:3) mean? Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav: That he connected ge’ula to tefilla.

Rav Ami said: Whoever does not immediately follow ge’ula with tefilla, to what is he compared? To the king’s friend who came and knocked on the king’s door. [The king] comes out to know what [the friend] seeks, and finds that he withdrew.

It seems to me that in any case they [women] are obligated to say Emet Ve-yatziv for mention of yetzi’at Mitzrayim is a Torah-level obligation …and if so, they must connect ge’ula with tefilla.

In any case they [women] are obligated in mentioning the exodus from Egypt, for it is a positive mitzva that is not time-bound, for its commandment is in the day and in the night. Therefore, women should recite the beracha that was enacted on yetzi’at Mitzrayim, which is Emet Ve-yatziv.