Commentary for Berakhot 105:13
אמר רב יהודה אמר רב הכא בסמוך לשקיעת החמה עסקי' גדול מוכחא מילתא דודאי נכרי הוא תינוק אימר ישראל הוא אקרי ונקיט:
Rab Judah said in the name of Rab: We are here dealing with a point of time near to the setting of the sun; so if it were an adult, it is obvious that he must certainly be a gentile. But in the case of a child, one might say it is an Israelite and it is by chance that he is holding [the torch].
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
M. : Rab said.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
I.e. very soon after sunset.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Because a Jew would not be found holding a torch then, since it is a forbidden act on the Sabbath.
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