<div dir="ltr">.<div>In my last post in this thread, I gave examples of how the date is determined by the calendar and the sun for almost all halachos, but for tefilah/brachos the date can be changed voluntarily and deliberately. There are two ways this can be done: If the coming day is subject to the mitzva of Tosefes Kedusha, a mere acceptance of that kedusha changes the date for all tefilos and brachos. (Questions about community kabala vs individuals is not relevant to this thread.)
If the coming day is *not* subject to the mitzva of Tosefes Kedusha, then the date changes upon beginning Maariv.</div><div><br></div><div>Prior to mincha this evening, I overheard part of a shiur in shul, in which yet another example of these principles was given. The case is someone who obtains tzitzis in the late afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>>>> MECHABER 18:1 - Night is not a time for tzitzis, as it is excluded by the pasuk "Ur'eesem oso." According to the Rambam, whatever one is wearing at night is exempt, even if it is a daytime garment, and whatever one wears during the day requires tzitzis, even if it is a nighttime garment. According to the Rosh, nighttime clothing is exempt even if he wears it during the day, and daytime or all-day clothing requires tzitzis even when wearing it at night.</div><div><br></div><div>>>> RAMA 18:1 - Safek brachos l'hakel, so don't say a bracha on it, except when wearing it during the day *and* it is a daytime garment. After Tefilas Maariv, even though it is still daytime, don't say the bracha. And on Yom Kippur evening, put it on while it is still day, and say the bracha.</div><div><br></div><div>There are several interesting comments to make about this. Most relevant to this thread, the Rama's reference to Yom Kippur is merely an example of his previous comment, which is that Maariv - even on an ordinary weekday - is the end of when one may say the bracha.</div><div><br></div><div>MB 7 discusses the very late afternoon of Erev Yom Kippur. He explains that one might still be able to say the bracha on his tallis during Beis Hashmashos, and certainly if it is early enough to be merely Safek Bein Hashmashos. Part of his reasoning seems to be that we have a Sfek Sfeka in favor of saying the bracha: it might still be daytime, and even if it is nighttime then the Rosh requires the tzitzis and allows the bracha. I find this particularly intriguing, because we are talking about the one day per year (Yom Kippur) when all poskim agree that we are required to accept Kedushas Hayom *before* Bein Hashmashos. So how can we allow him to say the bracha, thereby pretending that it isn't Yom Kippur yet?</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps the answer is that (despite the Rama's psak that on an ordinary day one may not say the bracha on tzitzis after Maariv) this mitzva really has nothing to do with the calendar at all. Yes, tzitzis does care about day and night, but not at all about whether today is Erev YK or actual YK. And in fact, the MB 7 explicitly says that tzitzis doesn't even care about day and night - only about how much light we have.</div><div><br></div><div>Akiva Miller</div><div><br></div><div>After writing all the above, I saw that the Dirshu Mishneh Brurah on MB 18:7 also sees that as a case of "Sfek Sfeka in favor of saying the bracha", and they point to MB 11:6 for another example of that principle.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, see Dirshu 18 #4 for a situation where someone has not yet put on Tefillin, and the tzibur has already davened Maariv, but he personally did *not* daven Maariv yet.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>