Gevuroth geshamim ("die Macht des Regens") wird in techiyath hamethim (das Auferstehungsgebet) erwähnt [Gevuroth geshamim: "Mashiv haruach", was kein Ausdruck von Flehen, sondern von Erinnerung und Lob ist. Es wird "gevuroth geshamim" genannt, weil Regen eine der mächtigen Taten des Heiligen ist. Gesegnet sei er, nämlich. (Hiob 9:10): "Er tut großartige Dinge, jenseits des Suchens"; (Ebd. 5,10): "Er gibt Regen auf die Erde."]; und Regen wird in Birchath Hashanim (dem Segen der Jahre) angefordert ["veten tal umatar livracha" (was eine Bitte ist)). [Weil Regen Nahrung ist, haben sie die Bitte um Regen in den Segen der Nahrung gelegt.]; und Havdalah [am Ende des Sabbats] wird in Chonen Hada'ath ("wer Wissen verleiht") rezitiert [was der erste Segen an Wochentagen ist. Und im Yerushalmi: "Warum wurde Havdalah in Chonen Hada'ath gelegt? Denn ohne Wissen gibt es keine Havdalah ('Diskriminierung')." Und dies ist die Halacha.] R. Akiva sagt: Sie wird einzeln als vierter Segen rezitiert. R. Eliezer sagt: Es wird im Erntedank-Segen rezitiert.
Tosefta Berakhot
If he did not mention [God’s] power [to bring down] rain in [the Beracha (blessing) of] Techiyat Hametim (Resurrection of the Dead) and he did not ask for rain in Birkat Hashanim (The Blessing for the Year) he has to go back [to the beginning of Shmoneh Esreh]. If he did not say Havdalah in [the Beracha of] Chonen Hadaat (He Who Grants Wisdom) he can say it over the cup [of wine], but if he did not say it [over the cup of wine then] he has to go back to the beginning [of Shmoneh Esreh]. Rebbi Yossi says, “Even someone who did not mention the covenant in Birkat Haaretz (The Blessing for the Land of Israel) [of Birkat Hamazon (Grace After Meals)] has to go back [to the beginning of Birkat Hamazon]."
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Tosefta Berakhot
Any [holiday] on which there is no Mussaf [prayer] for example, Chanukah and Purim, on Shacharit and Mincha he prays [the Shmoneh Esreh with] eighteen [Berachot (blessings)] and he says [the paragraph] about the occasion in [the Beracha of] Hodaah (Thanks). And if he did not say [the paragraph] about the occasion, he does not have to go back [to the beginning of Shmoneh Esreh]. And any [holiday] which has on it [the] Mussaf [prayer], for example Rosh Chodesh (New Month), and Chol Hamoed (the intermediate days of Sukkot and Pesach), on Shacharit and Mincha10 he would pray [the prayer of Shmoneh Esreh with] eighteen [Berachot] and he says [the paragraph] about the holiness of the day11 in [the Beracha of] Avodah (Temple Service).12 Rebbi Eliezer says, “[he says the paragraph about the holiness of the day] in [the Beracha of] Hodaah, and if he did not say it then he has to go back [to the beginning of Shmoneh Esreh].” In [the] Mussaf [prayer] he prays [the Shmoneh Esreh consisting of] seven [Berachot] and he says [the paragraph about the] holiness of the day in the middle [Beracha]. [On] Shabbat that fell out on Rosh Chodesh or on Chol Hamoed, during Shacharit and during Mincha he prays [the Shmoneh Esreh prayer that consists of] seven [Berachot] and he says [the paragraph about the] occasion in [the Beracha of] Avodah. Rebbi Eliezer says, “[He says the paragraph about the holiness of the day] in [the Beracha of] Hodaah, and if he did not say it then he has to go back [to the beginning of Shmoneh Esreh].” In [the] Mussaf [prayer] he prays [the Shmoneh Esreh consisting of] seven [Berachot] and he says [the paragraph about the] holiness of the day in the middle [Beracha]. On Shabbat, on Yom Tov (Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot), and on Yom Kippur] he prays [the Shmoneh Esreh consisting of] seven [Berachot] and he says [the paragraph about the] holiness of the day in the middle [Beracha]. Rabban Shimon Ben Gamliel and Rebbi Yishmael the son of Rebbi Yochanan Ben Beroka say, “Any time that he is supposed to say seven [Berachot in Shmoneh Esreh] he says [the paragraph about the] holiness of the day in the middle [Beracha].”
