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Berachos 002: Different Shitos in Shema
moshe lamm asks:
do any of the mforshim give a reason why the different tanaim use
those specific examples for their zman? (why uni,kohein,kohein
toiveling, eating friday night etc...)
moshe lamm, brooklyn usa
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The Kollel replies:
In general, the Chachamim give these specific examples because, in
lieu of sophisticated equipment capable of giving an accurate measure
of the moment of sunset and nightfall, these were periods that people
were familiar with.
1. "Ani":
a. Rashi (2b, DH mishe'he'Ani) writes that the pauper does not
possess a candle to light up his meal. The Me'iri writes that this
implies that this Zman is before the stars come out.
b. According to Rashi, it appears that "Ani" is an early time, while
according to the Rashba it seems to be later. The Rashba writes that
since the pauper hires himself out to others as a worker, he does not
come home until at least after sunset.
c. The Me'iri himself makes the time of "Ani" even later and points
out that there is something that can be learned from the statement
that the "Ani" is eating his bread with salt. This teaches that this
time is very late; it is after the stars emerge. This is because the
pauper stops working when the stars emerge and only then comes home.
However, once he arrives home he can start eating immediately because
all he has to eat is bread and salt which require no preparation and
are readily bought. The Me'iri writes that the time when the pauper
eats his bread and salt is identical to the time when people come in
to eat their bread on Erev Shabbos when the meal has already been
prepared earlier. This time is similar to the time of the pauper who
does not need time to prepare his meal even on a weekday. However,
since in those times the synagogues were far from their houses and it
took time to walk home, the time that people eat on Erev Shabbos is
the same time that the pauper starts his meal.
Kol Tuv,
Dovid Bloom
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