“ Hence you must conclude that the poor man has one time and the priest has another time? — No; the ‘poor man’ and the priest have the same time, but the ‘poor man’ and the ‘people’ have not the same time. ”

“ Do you think that I am referring to the twilight [as defined] by you? [12] I am referring to the twilight [as defined] by R. Jose. For R. Jose says: The twilight is like the twinkling of an eye. This [13] enters and that [14] departs — and one cannot exactly fix it. ”

“ And when the sun [of the next morning] appears, and we-taher means the man becomes clean? [1] — Rabbah son of R. Shila explains: In that case, the text would have to read we-yithar. [2] What is the meaning of we-taher? [3] The day clears away, conformably to the common expression, The sun has set and the day has cleared away. This explanation of Rabbah son of R. Shila was unknown in the West [4] , and they raised the question: This ‘and the sun sets’, does it mean the real setting of the sun, and ‘we-taher’ means the day clears away? ”