[Avodah] end of fast

[Marty Bluke]

R' Eli Turkel asked:
<In Israel the fast seems to end about 10 minutes before motzei shabbat
time.Whenever I am in the US the fast ends about the same time <as motzei
shabbat.Any reason for the discrepancy?

In Israel in general the zeman for motzei shabbos is closer to reality (e.g.
it is not a fixed number of minutes) while in the US the zeman for motzei
shabbos is usually fixed (50 minutes after shkia).

For Taanis Esther there is no din of Tosefes and it is only d'rabbanan and
therefore the zeman is earlier.
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