[Avodah] zman hadloko erev shabbos and motzei shabbos

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, December 20, 2006 2:49 am, R Danny Schoemann wrote:
: Yet we are expected to light 8 candles this year 2.5 minutes before
: shki'a!?!?! Whatever happened to Tosefes Shabbos? Or Chilul Shabbos?

Tarta desasrei: If you're lighting 2-4 min before sunset, it's because you
hold like Rabbeinu Tam. In which case, it's 3-1/4 mil (walking time) before
sunset.

It's like when someone wants to eat a CI shiur of matzah in a kedei achilas
RACN's peras. By combining two conflicting systems of measure lechumrah, one
could be committing achilah gasa.

:>The Brisker Rov ztvk"l claims that the zman hadloko mot"sh is different to
:> the rest of the week
: Um, it's the SA actually. 681:1. But even if it weren't written, it's
: obvious that Chazal wouldn't make a mitzva that's impossible to do.
:
: The part about getting his daughter to light the match I don't
: believe. Is his Gan Eden more precious than hers?

I would instead argue that this proves he did NOT hold it was din. Rather, it
was a chumrah he accepted upon himself, but didn't impose on his daughter. So
I actually get the opposite conclusion from the same maqor.

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

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