
The definition of the term, "Baruch"
Verses in Tanach
Ibn Ezra Bereishit 2:3; Bereishit 9:26; Tehillim 119:12
Ramban Bereishit 1:22
Rashi Yeshayah 66:3; Mishlei 11:25 (?)
Radak Yechezkel 3:12
Talmud / Midrash and commentaries
Berachot 7a
Rashba Berachot 7a
Rashi Berachot 11b "Baruch"
Rashi Sotah 10a "Bameh"
Maadanei Yom Tov Berachot on Rosh 1:12, note Alef
Post Talmud / Midrash, Pre-Rishonim
Mishneh Torah and commentaries
Rishonim [Pre-"Code of Jewish Law"]
Rabbeinu Bechayyei, Kad haKemach "Berachah"
Rashba 1:423, 5:51
Tur, Shulchan Aruch ["Code of Jewish Law"] and Commentaries
Acharonim [Post-"Code of Jewish Law"]
Chorev, R' Shimshon Raphael Hirsch paragraph 623, 674
Netzach Yisrael (Maharal) 45
Tiferet Yisrael (Maharal) 34
Nefesh haChaim 2:1
Recent Authorities
HaSiddur vehaTefillah (R' Adin Steinsaltz) pg. 248 "Baruch"
Michtav Mei'Eliyahu Vol. 3 Pg. 79 (Hidabek beMidotav), Pg. 81 (Birchat Avot), Pg. 273 (Tefillah UBerachah MiToch Hakarat Chisaron)
Yesodot haTefillah (R' Eliezer Levi) pg. 276-279 "Mekor haBerachot"
The Laws of B'rachos (R' Binyamin Forst with R' Aaron Twerski) pg. 20-29
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