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Q&A What is special about the Aleph-Bais?

In Berachos 4b (11 paragraphs up in pop-up), The gemara gives a potential reson what makes the teffilah "Ashrei" אִילֵּימָא מִשּׁוּם דְּאָתְיָא בְּאָלֶף בֵּית, נֵימָא ״אַשְׁרֵי תְמִימֵי דָרֶךְ״ דּ...

0 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Dani‭

#1: Initial revision by user avatar Dani‭ · 2020-07-17T01:12:35Z (over 4 years ago)
In Berachos 4b (11 paragraphs up in pop-up), The gemara gives a potential reson what makes the teffilah ["Ashrei"](https://www.sefaria.org/Siddur_Ashkenaz%2C_Weekday%2C_Shacharit%2C_Pesukei_D'Zimra%2C_Ashrei?lang=bi) 

 > אִילֵּימָא מִשּׁוּם דְּאָתְיָא בְּאָלֶף בֵּית, נֵימָא ״אַשְׁרֵי תְמִימֵי דָרֶךְ״ דְּאָתְיָא בִּתְמָנְיָא אַפִּין.  
>If you say that it is because it is **arranged alphabetically**, then let us say: “Happy are they who are upright in the way” (Psalms 119) where the alphabetical arrangement appears eight times.   

What is so significant about the fact that it is in alphabetical order?