[Avodah] 2AM Friday Night

[Goldmeier]

My family took a trip when I was younger and in my diary I wrote that we 
davened mincha at 2:00am the first night....

I also wrote that we took in early Shabbos later in the trip  at 10:30 pm...

Summertime

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kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> R' Yisrael Medad showed us a link to an article which quoted the 
> singer "Matisyahu" as saying:
>   
>> It was the first time in my career that I performed on a Friday
>> night because the Sabbath didn't hit. That was an amazing show.
>> The sun didn't go down until 2 a.m., so it was cool. There was
>> no rush.
>>     
>
> I think there may be a typo in here someplace. According to the 
> Sunrise and Sunset chasrts of the U. S. Naval Observatory (at 
> http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneYear.html) sunset at 
> Fairbanks never gets later than 11:47 PM Alaska Standard Time. Even 
> adding an hour for daylight time doesn't get us to 2 AM.
>
> OTOH, the Wikipedia entry on "Alaska Time Zone" (at 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Time_Zone) includes a reference 
> to "double daylight time", so maybe it rally was close to 2 AM.
>
> Any Alaskans in the chevrah?
>
> Akiva Miller
>
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