Reply To: Davening Gemara

“Reading the Gemora is part of the mitzva of Limid Torah. Even if he reads it without understanding it. Hewould srill need to say the Brochos in the morning before he could lain the gemorah.”

This is true for pesukim of Tanach and for mishna. There is no inherent kedusha in words of gemara that saying them in and of itself is aome form of mitzvah or zechus. The point of gemara is to be known and understood – “v’sein bilibeinu binah lehavin ulihaskil. . .” notice no mention of “likrosah”. Tosfos explains that there are two facets to the mitzvah of talmud Torah: 1- knowledge of it, ie information; 2- the toil, of which there is no significant amount in mindless davening of it. Furthermore, the Chafetz Chaim states in Toras Habayis htat if one can learn better qualitatively and does not, he is over on bitul Torah.