Commentary for Berakhot 18:13
אמר רב הונא הלכה כאחרים אמר אביי לתפילין כאחרים לק"ש כותיקין דאמר ר' יוחנן ותיקין היו גומרין אותה עם הנץ החמה
Rab Huna said : The Halakah is in accord with the "others." Abbai said: [The Halakah is] in accord with the "others" with respect to the Tefillah; but with respect to the Shema' it is in accord with the Wetikin. For R. Johanan said: The Wetikin used to conclude it with the sunrise.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
The Bomberg edition reads : Tefillin.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Lit. pious. They were a sect who paid scrupulous care to the fulfilment of the religious ordinances. They are sometimes identified with the Essenes ; cf. J. E. v. p. 226. Blau in R. E. J. xxxi. pp. 184 f. regards them as a community of priests who held a service in common, and identifies them with "the Holy Congregation of Jerusalem" mentioned below.
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