Commentary for Berakhot 3:12
אמר מר משעה שהכהנים נכנסים לאכול בתרומתן. מכדי כהנים אימת קא אכלי תרומה משעת צאת הכוכבים לתני משעת צאת הכוכבים.
He started teaching with the evening one first; then continued and dealt with the morning one; while he was dealing with the morning one, he expounded the details of the morning one, and then expounded those of the evening one. Mar said, 'From the time when the priests enter to eat their terumah'- Seeing that when do the priests eat terumah? – from the emergence of the stars, it should have stated, "from the emergence of the stars"!
Rosh on Berakhot
Rashi says that we are not Yotzei Keri'as Shema in the Beis ha'Keneses during the day. We say it only to enter Shemoneh Esre amidst Divrei Torah. One is Yotzei Shema through the first paragraph during Keri'as Shema Al ha'Mitah. The Yerushalmi says so. The Riva, Ritz Gei'us and Rav Amram Gaon agreed. R. Tam says that we are Yotzei in the Beis ha'Keneses, we hold like R. Yehudah. The Gemara said that one who did like either opinion was fine. This is difficult. The Gemara said so about Tefilah, which corresponds to Korbanos. Minchah was never offered after Plag ha'Minchah! Rather, we hold like other Tana'im who hold that the time for Shema is before Tzeis ha'Kochavim. We are lenient like R. Yehudah regarding Tefilah because it would be hard to gather people again. L'Chatchilah, one should say Shema after Tzeis ha'Kochavim, like our Stam Mishnah. Rav Hai Gaon said that in Eretz Yisrael we pray Ma'ariv, and afterwards we say Shema in its time, even though we lose Semichus Ge'ulah l'Tefilah. However, he must pray Minchah before Plag ha'Minchah.
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Rashi on Berakhot
From nightfall - This is when the sun has completely set as we learn later on.
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