Commentary for Berakhot 5:1
קשיא דרבי מאיר אדרבי מאיר תרי תנאי אליבא דרבי מאיר
R. Meir has contradicted himself! There are two Tannaim in the sense of R. Meir.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
In the first Baraita quoted, R. Meir's view is that the Shema' may be read from the time people go home for their meal on the Sabbath-eve (i.e. after twilight) ; but in the second Baraita his view is from the time the priest bathes (i.e. before twilight).
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
R. Meir's teaching is reported by two later Rabbis ; hence the discrepancy.
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