Commentary for Berakhot 4:11
קא סלקא דעתך דעני ובני אדם חד שעורא הוא ואי אמרת עני וכהן חד שעורא הוא חכמים היינו רבי מאיר
The thought has occurred to thee that the poor man and people generally have the same standard of time. Shouldest thou, however, maintain that the poor man and the priest have the same standard of time, then the opinion of the Sages and R. Meir would be identical !
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
I.e. the poor man (mentioned in the first Baraita) who has his evening meal early through lack of artificial light, and people generally (mentioned in the second) on the Sabbath-eve who have their supper early.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
The reasoning may be simplified by calling the meal-time of the poor man A, that of people on the Sabbath-eve B, and that of the priest for partaking of the Terumah C. In this paragraph A is assumed to equal B. If, then, A is said to equal C, then B = C. But R. Meir, who adopts B, is contrasted with the Sages who adopt C, so these cannot be identical.
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