[Avodah] end of fast

[Michael Kopinsky]

On 3/1/07, Eli Turkel <eliturkel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?

Many electronic zmanim boards in Israel have two separate times, one for
TzhK, and one for Motz"sh.  I think TzhK they generally have TzhK as a
fixed 22-25 minutes after Shkiah, and Motz"sh is a fixed 40 or so minutes
after shkiah.  I think this chumra is specifically because of Shabbos and
not just because it's d'oraisa, because people are someich on the earlier
zman for Kr"sh.

Before I came to Israel, I did not know of any Zman for Tzeis other than
that of Motzei Shabbos, which was an hour after hadlakas neiros, or 42
minutes after shkiah.