Question

Regarding the passage in Berakhot 12a (lines 23–45). The truth is that the medieval authorities (Rishonim) were hard-pressed to explain this passage, and each of their interpretations has some difficulty, and I was perplexed until I saw the explanation of Dr. M. Benovitz (Talmud Ha-Igud – Berakhot, Chapter One): all the medieval authorities (Rishonim) assume that in the period of the Amoraim people recited “that all came to be by His word” over beverages; however, that is not actually compelled by the Talmuds in the end of chapter 6 (Babylonian Talmud 45b, Jerusalem Talmud 6:8), and it is possible that they recited “who creates living beings,” which has an opening and a closing formula (and not like Rabbi Shaul Lieberman, who wrote that this blessing of Rabbi Tarfon is a short formula), even over beer. According to this, the passage is much clearer and does not require the forced explanations of the medieval authorities (Rishonim). What does the Rabbi think?