The Mishna says that workers are permitted to read the Shema while at the top of a tree or a pile of stone which they are not permitted to do during Shemoeh Esray.
The B'Nei Yisoscher in his commentary on the Mishna, V'Heyay Brocha, points out that the rules regarding Shemoneh Esray are stricter than those of Shema. Logic would dictate the opposite. Since the recitation of Shema is a Torah obligation, whereas Shemoneh Esray is rabbinic, one would assume that Shema would have stricter rules.
To explain this he quotes the Sefer HaKaneh which says as follows:
In all aspects we are stricter with regards to Shemoneh Esray than we are with Shema. This is despite the fact that Shema is Torah based and Shemoneh Esray is not in the Torah but found in the Oral Law. The reason is because when you say Shemoneh Esray you are talking with God. You want your prayer to rise to the place of prayers a very small and hidden place. Therefore we are very strict. But when speaking of the Unity of God, even though it is a Torah obligation to do so, you are not speaking before Him, you are Unifying God and combining the Ten Sefrios, but you are not asking for anything to be done as you are in Shemoneh Esray.
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כן אברכך בחיי זו קר"ש
The Gemara quotes a Pasuk in Tehillim which says "So I will bless you during my lifetime" and says that this is a reference to Shema.
B'er Moshe (Vol. 4 p. 132) says that this can answer why it is that the name of this Mesechta is Berachos despite the fact that we do not begin to discuss Berachos until the sixth chapter and the first five chapters are focused on the recitation of Shema. He points out that you see from this Gemara that Shema is also referred to as a Brocha.
The B'Nei Yisoscher in his commentary on the Mishna, V'Heyay Brocha, points out that the rules regarding Shemoneh Esray are stricter than those of Shema. Logic would dictate the opposite. Since the recitation of Shema is a Torah obligation, whereas Shemoneh Esray is rabbinic, one would assume that Shema would have stricter rules.To explain this he quotes the Sefer HaKaneh which says as follows:
In all aspects we are stricter with regards to Shemoneh Esray than we are with Shema. This is despite the fact that Shema is Torah based and Shemoneh Esray is not in the Torah but found in the Oral Law. The reason is because when you say Shemoneh Esray you are talking with God. You want your prayer to rise to the place of prayers a very small and hidden place. Therefore we are very strict. But when speaking of the Unity of God, even though it is a Torah obligation to do so, you are not speaking before Him, you are Unifying God and combining the Ten Sefrios, but you are not asking for anything to be done as you are in Shemoneh Esray.
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כן אברכך בחיי זו קר"ש
The Gemara quotes a Pasuk in Tehillim which says "So I will bless you during my lifetime" and says that this is a reference to Shema.
B'er Moshe (Vol. 4 p. 132) says that this can answer why it is that the name of this Mesechta is Berachos despite the fact that we do not begin to discuss Berachos until the sixth chapter and the first five chapters are focused on the recitation of Shema. He points out that you see from this Gemara that Shema is also referred to as a Brocha.
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