In what manner do we recite the blessings on produce? On fruits of the tree one says: ‘‘. . . Who creates the fruit of the tree’’; except for wine, for on wine one says: ‘‘. . . Who cre-ates the fruit of the vine.’’ And on fruits of the earth one says: ‘‘. . . Who creates the fruit of the ground’’; except for bread, for on bread one says: ‘‘. . . the One Who brings forth bread from the earth,’’ And on greens one says: ‘‘. . . Who creates the fruit of the ground,’’ R’ Yehudah says: ‘‘. . . Who creates species of herbage.’’

[If] someone is praying and errs, it is a bad sign for him; and if he is an agent of the con-gregation, it is a bad sign for those whom he represents, because the agent of a person is like [the person] himself. They said about R’ Chanina ben Dosa that when he would pray on behalf of the sick, he would say, ‘‘This one will live’’ or, ‘‘This one will die.’’ They said to him: ‘‘How do you know?’’ He said to them: ‘‘If my prayer is fluent in my mouth, then I know that it is accepted; but if not, then I know that he is rejected.’’