Notes from Limmud 2006: On Language and Identity—Sugiyot from Massechet Sotah (part 2)

( In part 1 we saw the Mishna divide prayers into two lists, one that may be said in the vernacular, which we identified as prayers one says as oneself, and others which have to be said in Hebrew, which we identified as those one says as part of the community if Israel. Today's session deals with whether the Shema and Amida can be said in the vernacular, and why; and how the post-Talmudic authorities reacted to this. )