Talmud for Numbers 6:26
יִשָּׂ֨א יְהוָ֤ה ׀ פָּנָיו֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְךָ֖ שָׁלֽוֹם׃ (ס)
The LORD lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
Tractate Derekh Eretz Zuta
R. Joshua of Siknin said in the name of R. Levi: Great is peace, for all benedictions and prayers conclude with ‘peace’. In the case of the benedictions of the Shema‘62In the morning service two benedictions precede the Shema‘ and one benediction follows it; in the evening service two precede and two follow it (P.B., pp. 37ff., 96). one concludes with ‘peace’: ‘[Blessed art Thou, O Lord,] Who spreadest the tabernacle of peace’;63The conclusion of the second benediction after the Shema‘ in the evening services on Sabbaths and Festivals (P.B., p. 114). in the case of prayers64i.e. the ‘Amidah (P.B., pp. 44-54). one concludes with ‘peace’: ‘[Blessed art Thou, O Lord,] Who makest peace’.65P.B., p. 54, where this formula is now used only during the penitential season, though originally said on all occasions. V and H include, but GRA deletes, ‘The benediction of the kohanim concludes with “peace” in and give them peace (Num. 6, 26)’.
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