[Avodah] Bein hashemashot: A Reevaluation of the Texts Part III

[Prof. Levine]

Please see http://tinyurl.com/335zb64  for the entire article.

Bein hashemashot: A Reevaluation of the Texts Part III
by: Dr. William Gewirtz

This is the third of four posts, from a draft of a forthcoming 
monograph by Dr. William Gewirtz that addresses the period of bein 
hashemashot, the most fundamental area of dispute in the area of 
zemanim. What is proposed is an astronomically accurate hybrid 
position between the diametrically opposed conceptual views of the 
geonim and Rabbeinu Tam. That position justifies, to varying degrees, 
the practice of countless generations of European Jewry that started 
Shabbat well after sunset on Friday evening. Though often ignored in 
modern times, practical equivalents of this hybrid position have had 
major adherents throughout the generations. Our goal is to 
demonstrate that such a position is not just plausible, but in fact 
the preferred reading of the gemara in Shabbat, the primary text 
concerning bein hashemashot.

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