ב אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵה אִם אוֹמֵר אַתְּ שֶׁהוּא צָרִיךְ לְבָרֵךְ. בֵּירַךְ צָרִיךְ שֶׁיְּכַוֵּין אֶת לִבּוֹ בְכוּלָּן. הָתִיבוּן וְאֵינוֹ מַפְסִיק וְלֹא תַנִּינָתָהּ וְהָכָא אַף עַל גַּב דְּלֹא תַנִּינָתָהּ צָרִיךְ לְבָרֵךְ. זֹאת אוֹמֶרֶת צָרִיךְ לְכַוֵּין אֶת לִבּוֹ בְכוּלָּן. נִישְׁמְעִינָהּ מִן הֲדָא רִבִּי אַחַי אוֹמֵר מִשׁוּם רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אִם כִּיוֵּן לִבּוֹ בְּפֶרֶק רִאשוֹן אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁלֹּא כִּיוֵּן לִבּוֹ בְּפֶרֶק שֵׁינִי יָצָא.
2 Rebbi Yose said: If you say that one needs to recite the benedictions; when he recited them he must focus his attention for the entire <i>Shema‘</i>. They objected: Does he not interrupt and it does not appear in our statement? So here also, even though it has not been stated he must recite the benedictions. That means, one must focus one’s attention for the entire <i>Shema‘</i>. We may hear it from the following: Rebbi Aḥai said in the name of Rebbi Yehudah: “He has fulfilled his obligation if he focussed his attention for the first paragraph, even though he did not focus his attention during recitation of the second paragraph”.