ואם תאמר היאך אנו קורין כל כך מבעוד יום. ויש לומר דקיימא לן כרבי יהודה דאמר בפרק תפלת השחר (ברכות דף כו.) דזמן תפלת מנחה עד פלג המנחה דהיינו אחד עשר שעות פחות רביע ומיד כשיכלה זמן המנחה מתחיל זמן ערבית.
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Tosafot question and answer
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ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
ואם תאמר היאך אנו קורין כל כך מבעוד יום. ויש לומר דקיימא לן כרבי יהודה דאמר בפרק תפלת השחר (ברכות דף כו.) דזמן תפלת מנחה עד פלג המנחה דהיינו אחד עשר שעות פחות רביע ומיד כשיכלה זמן המנחה מתחיל זמן ערבית.
Pedagogical transliterationve-im tomar ... ve-yesh lomar de-qayma lan ke-Rabbi Yehuda ...
Plain meaningTosafot asks how Shema is recited so early and answers by connecting the start of evening to Rabbi Yehuda’s endpoint for Minḥah.
The primary commentary is read as printed. Any transliteration is pedagogically supplied and is not part of the source witness.WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
Tosafot question and answer
This exact bounded unit occurs within Tosafot’s longer comment on מאימתי קורין. ואם תאמר opens the objection: how can ‘we’ recite so far before night? ויש לומר introduces the answer: practice follows Rabbi Yehuda’s endpoint for Minḥah at plag ha-minḥah, after which the time of evening begins. The next objection is outside this selected unit and remains visible in the evidence file’s full comment.
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ve-im tomar ... ve-yesh lomar de-qayma lan ke-Rabbi Yehuda ...
READINGPedagogical reading guide
Tosafot asks how Shema is recited so early and answers by connecting the start of evening to Rabbi Yehuda’s endpoint for Minḥah.
MEANINGCommentary Hebrew and Aramaic
ואם תאמר objection marker → היאך question → ויש לומר answer marker → קיימא לן legal premise → רבי יהודה citation → פלג המנחה time boundary → מתחיל זמן ערבית conclusion
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Close translation — ‘And if you should say: How do we recite so far while it is still day? One may answer that we hold like Rabbi Yehuda, who says in the chapter Tefillat HaShaḥar that the time of the Minḥah prayer is until plag ha-minḥah—eleven hours less a quarter—and immediately when the time of Minḥah ends, the time of evening begins.’
SOURCE REFERENCE
Tosafot on Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 2a, s.v. מאימתי קורין — selected exact objection-answer unit
APPROVED STUDY LAYERS
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Learning objective
Read one exact objection-answer unit inside a longer Tosafot comment without mistaking the excerpt for the whole comment.
Language and layout
Rabbinic Hebrew argument with Aramaic legal formula קיימא לן and compact printed references. The source edition is unpointed.
Practice
Copy the question marker and answer marker. State the objection in your own words, then list every premise in the answer. Where does this excerpt end in the full comment?
Answer key
Question marker: ואם תאמר. Answer marker: ויש לומר. Objection: communal Shema is recited before nightfall. Premises: the ruling follows Rabbi Yehuda; Minḥah ends at plag ha-minḥah; that is eleven seasonal hours minus a quarter; evening begins as Minḥah’s time ends. The excerpt ends before the next ואם תאמר about praying Minḥah close to dark.
Source notes
Primary edition: Vilna Edition, Public Domain. The evidence file retains both the selected unit and the complete containing comment.
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