Perhaps

<<it is the coming of

<<his light,

<<it is,

<<and what is

<<“and is pure”?

<<The purification of

<<the man?!

Rabba bar Rav Sheila said:

<<if so,

<<let say

<<the verse:

<<“and he shall be pure”;

<<what is

<<“and is pure”?

<<The clearing of

<<the day,

<<as say

<<people:

<<“has set

<<the sun

<<and cleared

<<the day.”

In the West,

<<this

<<of Rabba bar Rav Sheila

<<was not

<<heard

<<to them,

<<and they raised it

<<as a question:

<<this

<<“and comes

<<the sun”

<<is the coming of

<<his sun

<<it is,

<<and what is

<<“and is pure”?

<<The clearing of

<<the day;

<<or perhaps

<<it is the coming of

<<his light

<<it is,

<<and what is

<<“and is pure”?

<<The purification of

<<the man.

And then

<<they resolved it

<<from a Baraisa.

<<Since it teaches

<<in the Baraisa:

<<a sign

<<for the matter —

<<the emergence of

<<the stars,

<<learn from it

<<is the coming of

<<his sun

<<it is,

<<and what is

<<“and is pure”?

<<The clearing of

<<the day

Said

<<the master:

<<“from the hour

<<that the kohanim

<<enter

<<to eat

<<their terumah.

<<And they contrasted it:

<<from when

<<does one recite

<<the Shema

<<in the evenings?

<<From when the poor man

<<enters

<<to eat

<<his bread

<<with salt,

<<until

<<the hour

<<that he rises

<<to take leave

<<from

<<his meal.

The latter clause

<<certainly

<<disagrees

<<with our Mishnah;

<<the first clause —

<<should

<<we say

<<it disagrees

<<with our Mishnah?

No;

<<the poor man

<<and the kohen

<<one

<<measure

<<it is.

And they contrasted it:

<<from when

<<does one begin

<<to recite

<<the recitation of

<<Shema

<<in the evening?

<<From the hour

<<that people

<<enter

<<to eat

<<their bread

<<on the eves of

<<Shabbosos —

<<the words of

<<Rabbi Meir.

<<And the Sages

<<say:

<<from the hour

<<that the kohanim

<<are fit

<<to eat

<<their terumah.

<<A sign

<<for the matter:

<<the emergence of

<<the stars.

<<And even though

<<there is no

<<proof

<<for the matter,

<<there is a remembrance

<<for the matter,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And we

<<were doing

<<the work,

<<and half of them

<<held

<<the spears

<<from the rise of

<<dawn

<<until

<<the emergence of

<<the stars,”

<<and it says:

<<“and let be

<<for us

<<the night

<<a guard

<<and the day

<<work.”

What is

<<“and it says”?

And if you say

<<from when

<<sets

<<the sun

<<night

<<it is,

<<and they

<<worked into the night

<<and started early —

<<come and hear:

<<“and let be

<<for us

<<the night

<<a guard

<<and the day

<<work.”

You assumed

<<that the poor man

<<and people

<<one

<<measure

<<are.

<<And if

<<you say

<<the poor man

<<and the kohen

<<one

<<measure

<<are,

<<the Sages

<<are the same as

<<Rabbi Meir?

Rather,

<<learn from it

<<the poor man

<<a measure

<<of his own

<<and the kohen

<<a measure

<<of his own.

<<No;

<<the poor man

<<and the kohen

<<one

<<measure

<<are,

<<and the poor man

<<and people

<<are not

<<one

<<measure

<<it is.

And the poor man

<<and the kohen

<<one

<<measure

<<are?

<<And they contrasted it:

<<from when

<<does one begin

<<to recite

<<Shema

<<in the evenings?

<<From the hour

<<that becomes sanctified

<<the day

<<on the eves of

<<Shabbosos —

<<the words of

<<Rabbi Eliezer.

<<Rabbi Yehoshua

<<says:

<<from the hour

<<that the kohanim

<<are purified

<<to eat

<<their terumah.

<<Rabbi Meir

<<says:

<<from the hour

<<that the kohanim

<<immerse

<<to eat

<<their terumah.

<<Rabbi Yehuda said to him:

<<but do not

<<the kohanim

<<while it is still

<<day

<<they

<<immerse?

<<Rabbi Chanina

<<says:

<<from the hour

<<that the poor man

<<enters

<<to eat

<<his bread

<<with salt.

<<Rabbi Achai

<<and some say it

<<Rabbi Acha

<<says:

<<from the hour

<<that most

<<people

<<enter

<<to recline.

And if

<<you say

<<the poor man

<<and the kohen

<<one

<<measure

<<are,

<<Rabbi Chanina

<<is the same as

<<Rabbi Yehoshua!

Rather,

<<is it not

<<learn from it

<<the measure

<<of the poor man

<<is on its own

<<and the measure

<<of the kohen

<<is on its own?

<<Learn from it.

Which

<<of them

<<is later?

<<It stands to reason

<<that the poor man

<<is later,

<<for if

<<you say

<<that the poor man

<<is earlier,

<<Rabbi Chanina

<<is the same as

<<Rabbi Eliezer.

<<Rather,

<<is it not

<<learn from it

<<that the poor man

<<is later?

<<Learn from it.

Said

<<the master:

<<Rabbi Yehuda said to him:

<<but do not

<<the kohanim

<<while it is still

<<day

<<they

<<immerse!

Well

<<did say to him

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<to Rabbi Meir?

And Rabbi Meir

<<thus

<<said to him:

<<do

<<you think

<<that I

<<about the twilight

<<of yours

<<am speaking

<<I

<<about the twilight

<<of Rabbi Yosei

<<am speaking

<<for Rabbi Yosei said:

<<twilight

<<is like the blink of

<<an eye:

<<this one

<<enters

<<and that one

<<leaves,

<<and it is

<<impossible

<<to stand

<<upon it.