{"id":6508,"date":"2010-01-24T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=6508"},"modified":"2018-05-24T12:17:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T09:17:27","slug":"02-24-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/02-24-07\/","title":{"rendered":"07 – Rabbi Yehudah\u2019s Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"

The prevalent minhag<\/i> is that of the Chachamim<\/i>, that Minchah<\/i> time lasts until the end of the day, and the time to pray Ma\u2019ariv<\/i> begins after tzeit hakochavim<\/i> (the emerging of the stars) (Berachot<\/i> 26a). However, according to Rabbi Yehudah, the time of Minchah<\/i> lasts until plag haminchah<\/i>. \u201cPlag<\/i>\u201d means half; in other words, the time of Minchah Ketanah<\/i> is divided into halves. We already learned (halachah 3) that the time of Minchah Ketanah<\/i> is from nine-and-a-half proportional hours until the end of twelve hours, a total of two-and-a-half hours, and if so, one plag<\/i> is an hour and a quarter. The first plag<\/i> is the time to pray Minchah<\/i>, and the second plag<\/i> begins the time of Ma\u2019ariv<\/i>, <\/i>according to Rabbi Yehudah.<\/p>\n

The reason for his opinion is that, in actuality, the Kohanim<\/i> would rush to slaughter the Tamid<\/i> and throw its blood upon the altar in the first half of Minchah Ketanah<\/i>, and therefore that is the time for Minchah<\/i>. In the second half they would already start offering the organs of the Minchah<\/i> upon the altar, and since the Ma\u2019ariv<\/i> prayer was instituted to correspond to the sacrifice of the organs, it is then that Ma\u2019ariv<\/i> time begins. According to the Chachamim<\/i>, since it is possible, in principle, to throw the blood of the Tamid<\/i> upon the altar until the end of the day, the time of Minchah<\/i> also lasts until the end of the day. The time of Ma\u2019ariv<\/i> is coordinated with the time to recite Keriat Shema<\/i> of Ma\u2019ariv<\/i>, which begins at tzeit hakochavim<\/i>.<\/p>\n

In practice, this disagreement is left unresolved, and the conclusion of the Talmud (Berachot<\/i> 27a) is that a person is permitted to decide whether he wants to practice like the Chachamim<\/i> or like Rabbi Yehudah. However, the Rishonim<\/i> caution that he must make sure that he consistently adheres to one minhag<\/i>. In other words, if he follows Rabbi Yehudah, he must take care not to pray Minchah<\/i> after plag haminchah<\/i>. If he practices like the Chachamim<\/i>, he must make sure to always recite Ma\u2019ariv<\/i> after tzeit hakochavim<\/i>. However, it is forbidden to pray Minchah<\/i> after plag haminchah<\/i> like the Chachamim<\/i>, and Ma\u2019ariv<\/i> before tzeit hakochavim<\/i> like Rabbi Yehudah (we shall expand on this law in the laws of Ma\u2019ariv<\/i>, 25:6-7).[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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[9]<\/a>. The poskim<\/i> disagree as to how the day is defined. According to the Shiltei HaGiborim<\/i>, Gra<\/i> and majority of poskim<\/i>, it is from netz<\/i> to sunset, yet the Terumat HaDeshen<\/i> maintains that the day is from amud hashachar<\/i> (dawn) until tzeit hakochavim<\/i>. Based on this, the time of plag haminchah<\/i> varies. Is it a (proportional) hour and a quarter before sunset, or before tzeit hakochavim<\/i>? The minhag<\/i> is to calculate plag hanminchah<\/i> from sunset and that is what is written in Kaf HaChaim<\/i> 233:7 and in the Israeli calendar. However, it can be inferred from the Sha\u2019ar HaTzion<\/i> that l’chatchilah<\/i> both opinions need to be taken into consideration (233:4; Sha\u2019ar HaTzion<\/i> 235:14). Still, it is necessary to note that according to the approach of the Terumat HaDeshen<\/i> one must calculate tzeit hakochavim<\/i> like Rabbeinu Tam<\/i>, meaning 72 minutes after sunset, so that chatzot<\/i> will be in the middle of the day, as explained earlier in this book, chapter 11, note 14. Based on this, plag haminchah<\/i> is slightly before the time of the visible sunset (between two and eighteen minutes, fluctuating according to the seasons of the year).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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