ח הָכָא מַתְנִיתָא תַנִּי שָׁמַע וְלֹא עָנָה יָצָא. עָנָה וְלֹא שָׁמַע לֹא יָצָא. רַב בְּשֵׁם אַבָּא בַּר חָנָה וְאִית דְּאָמְרֵי לָהּ אַבָּא בַּר חָנָה בְּשֵׁם רַב וְהוּא שֶׁעָנָה רָאשֵׁי פְרָקִים. רִבִּי זְעִירָא בְּעִי הֵי אִינִּין רָאשֵׁי פְרָקִים. הַלְלוּ יָהּ הַלְלוּ עַבְדֵּי ה׳ הַלְלוּ אֶת שֵׁם ה׳ בְּעוּן קוֹמֵי רִבִּי חִיָיא בַּר אַבָּא מְנַיִין שֶׁאִם שָׁמַע וְלֹא עָנָה יָצָא. אֲמַר מִן מַה דַּאֲנָן חָמֵי רַבָּנָן רַבְרְבָיָא עָבְדִּין כֵּן. אִינּוּן קַיָימִין בְּצִיבּוּרָא דְּאִילֵּין אָמְרִין דֵּין בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא וְאִילֵּין אָמְרִין בְּשֵׁם ה׳. וְאִילֵּין וְאִילֵּין יוֹצְאִין יְדֵי חוֹבָתָן.
8 Here, a <i>baraita</i> states: “If he heard but did not answer, he did his duty. If he answered but did not hear, he did not do his duty.” Rav in the name of Abba bar Ḥana, or, as some say, Abba bar Ḥana in the name of Rav, that is only if he answered the beginnings of chapters. Rebbi Zeïra inquired, what are beginnings of chapters? (<i>Ps.</i> 113:1) “Hallelujah, praise, you servants of the Eternal, praise the name of the Eternal.” They asked before Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba, from where do we know that if somebody heard but did not answer, that he fulfilled his duty? He said, because we see great rabbis acting accordingly. They stand in the congregation where some say (<i>Ps.</i> 118:26): “Blessed he who comes,” and the others say: “in the name of the Eternal,” and all have fulfilled their duty.