Question on 13a-
(a) The Gemara asks why the name of Yakov is used after Hash-m remaned him Yirsael?
the Gemara answered that Hash-m Himself still calls him Yakov, therefore it
must be O.K..
Is Hash-m really bound to abide by the laws He gave to the Jews in the Torah ?
I remenber reading in a Tosafot someplace that Tosafot asks about a certain
isur de-orayta which Hash-m seems to transgress, and Tosafot answers that
Hash-m is not bound to the issurim he gave us. I can't remember where I saw it.
When I asked in Boro Park many talmidey chachamim if they recall such a Tosafot
they all responded negatively and even very suspiciously to the possibility
that a Rishon would make such a statement. Yet, I still think that I saw it in
Tosafot. Can you tell me if I am right and where is such a Toisafot ?
(b)Question on 16a-
The Gemara quotes a Braisa: Employees working at the place of their employer
read Shema...eat their bread. ..and pray ect, Then a similar Braisa appears
where the sequence is first Shema then praying then eat their bread.
Why is "eating bread" allowed before praying in the first Braisa?
Thank you for the fantastic undertaking you started on Daf Yomy. I read all
your material. I am glad that you are back on track after a week of silence.
Tizku Lemitsvot.
It is indeed taught, in several places, that Ha'Kadosh Baruch Hu keeps His Mitzvos, such as the Gemara in Sanhedrin (39a) and Tosfos there, DH b'Mai Tavil, where the Gemara discusses how Ha'Kadosh Baruch Hu made Himself Tahor after burying Moshe Rabeinu..
The Midrash asks, "How can Ha'Kadosh Baruch Hu bring rain on
Shabbos [since watering the earth is an Isur d'Oraisa]?" The Medrash replies, "Answer a fool according to his foolishness!" (That is, it is taken for granted that Hash-m observes His own
commandments. However, it could be that the Midrash responds such because the question was a foolish one asked by a heretic, and not because Hash-m actually observes His commandments.)
See also Berachos 32a which states that Moshe Rabeinu annulled a
vow that Hash-m had made, implying that Hash-m is bound, as it were, to keep His vows.
16a Your point is a good one. The Dikdukei Sofrim indeed brings older manuscripts of the Gemara in which the text is different, and the order of the first Beraisa is the same as the second, placing "Ochlin" after "Mispalelin."