The Tractate Berakoth ('Benedictions') consists of nine chapters of which only the last four are concerned with benedictions proper. The first three contain the rules for the recital of the shema' (Chapter one, Chapter two, Chapter three), the next two those for the recital of the tefillah (Chapter four, Chapter five). The Tractate first lays down the hours within which the shema' must be recited first in the evening and then in the morning - preferably in the synagogue - and then specifies a number of conditions for its recital and the persons who are exempt from reciting it. Incidentally...

This introduction to the Torah and how to study it contains the rules for therecital of the shemaU, how to recite the tefillah, the conditions under whichthe Torah may be studied and the tefillin worn, and more. (Judaism)