R' Eli Turkel asked:<br><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?<br>
<br>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). <br><br>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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