Commentary for Megillah 40:3

אלא מעתה ולחשך קרא לילה [למחשיך ובא קרא לילה] הא קיי"ל דעד צאת הכוכבים לאו לילה הוא

But according to this, [when it says] “And the darkness he called night” [are we to explain] that which gradually becomes dark he called night? .Do we not hold that until the stars come out it is not night?

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