Baraissa:
R' Yossi says, Once I was walking on the road and I entered one of the ruined areas of Yerushalayim to daven. Eliyahu, may he be remembered for good, came and waited by the door until I finished my prayer. After I finished my prayer he said to me, Peace unto you Rebbi. And I responded, Peace unto you my Rebbi and teacher. And he said to me, My son, why did you enter this ruin? And I said to him, to daven. And he said to me, you should've davened on the road. And I said to him that I was afraid, perhaps passer-byes would stop me. And he said, you should have davened an abridged prayer. I learnt from him three things:
1. One shouldn't enter a ruin.
2. One may daven on the road.
3. One who davens on the road should daven an abridged prayer.
And he said to me, my son, what did you hear in this ruin? And I said to him, I heard a voice moaning like a dove and saying, Woe unto my children, that through their sins, I have destroyed my house, and I have burnt my palace, and I have exiled them amongst the nations. And he said to me, by your life, and the life of your head, it was not only at that moment that it said that, but each and every day, three times, it says that. And not only that, but when Israel enters their shuls and Batei Midrash, and answer yehi shmei hagadol m'vorach, The Holy One Blessed Is He shakes his head and says, Fortunate is the king that they praise him in his home such, what is of the father who exiles his children, and woe unto the children who are exiled from the table of their father.
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Rava (Sukkah 39) rules that one should not pause when answering by kaddish between yehei shmei rabbah and mevarech since the mevarech will be disconnected and have no meaning by itself. Rav Safra disagreed with him and maintains that even with a pause the meaning is still the same – The great name of Hashem should be blessed.
The Rama 56 rules that one should not pause in between those words. The Magen Avrohom asks that this is against the conclusion of our Gemora. He answers that in actuality it depends on the meaning of yehei shmei rabbah mevarech. According to the Machzor Vitri, the meaning is that Hashem’s name should become great, by becoming complete. In the future, Hashem’s throne will be complete and that is what we are praying for. According to this one should not pause between yehei shmei and rabbah.
The Magen Avrohom concludes that the explanation in the Rama could be that one should not pause for longer than one breath and this would be consistent with our Gemora.
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