Talmud for Berakhot 8:8

בָּא לָהֶם יַיִן לְאַחַר הַמָּזוֹן וְאֵין שָׁם אֶלָּא אוֹתוֹ הַכּוֹס, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, מְבָרֵךְ עַל הַיַּיִן וְאַחַר כָּךְ מְבָרֵךְ עַל הַמָּזוֹן. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, מְבָרֵךְ עַל הַמָּזוֹן וְאַחַר כָּךְ מְבָרֵךְ עַל הַיָּיִן. עוֹנִין אָמֵן אַחַר יִשְׂרָאֵל הַמְבָרֵךְ, וְאֵין עוֹנִין אָמֵן אַחַר הַכּוּתִי הַמְבָרֵךְ, עַד שֶׁיִּשְׁמַע כָּל הַבְּרָכָה:

If wine were brought to them after the meal, and only that cup were there, Beth Shammai say: He blesses on the wine and then he says grace [for grace does not require a cup]; and Beth Hillel say: He says grace and then blesses on the wine, [Beth Hillel holding that grace requires a cup.] One answers "Amen" after a Jew who has made a blessing [even if he did not hear the "Name," but only the end of the blessing; for it may be assumed that the blessing was "for Heaven"]; but one does not answer "Amen" after a Cuthite who has made a blessing unless he has heard the entire blessing [lest he made the blessing to Mount Gerizim.]

Jerusalem Talmud Sukkah

Rebbi Ze`ira asked before Rebbi Abbahu: He told him, (as it comes in the mouth before you) [Rebbi Abba is on top before you.]¹²⁵The scribe’s text, supported by the text in Megillah, is the only one which makes sense. One may answer either hallelu yah or hallelujah. Rebbi Jonah answered both ways. Rebbi Eliezer¹²⁶With the text in Megillah read: Eleazar. did not answer any way¹²⁷Here is a sentence missing, which is found in the origin in Megillah:“As it was stated: if he heard but did not answer he fulfilled his obligation, if he answered but did not hear he did not fulfill his obligation.”. Rav in the name of Rav Abba bar Ḥana ¹²⁸Again a clause missing from the parallel sources: {Some say, Rav Abba bar Ḥama} in the name of Rav. Both statements are possible; the authors were cousins. Here starts a parallel in Berakhot8:9, Notes 177–182,ב. Babli 38b. in the name of Rav: Only if he answered at the start of the Chapters. Rebbi Ze`ira asked, what are the starts of Chapters? Hallelujah, praise, servants of the Eternal, praise the Name of the Eternal¹²⁹Ps. 113:1. In Yemenite prayer books the instructions for the recitation are, with the responses added in brackets: Hallelujah [hallelujah], praise, servants of the Eternal, [hallelujah], praise the Name of the Eternal [hallelujah]. Babli 38b.. They asked before Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba: From where that he who heard but did not answer has fulfilled his obligation? He told them, since we are seeing great rabbis standing among the public when these say praised be he who comes and the others say in the name of the Eternal¹³⁰Ps. 118:26. Approved in the Babli 38b. Yerushalmi Berakhot8:9 Note 178., and both have fulfilled their obligation.

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