Commentary for Pesachim 115:3

אמר ר' יהושע בן לוי דאמר קרא (במדבר כח, ד) את הכבש אחד תעשה בבקר ואת הכבש השני תעשה בין הערבים חלקהו לבין שני ערבים ב' שעות ומחצה לכאן שתי שעות ומחצה לכאן ושעה אחת לעשייתו

<big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Whence do we know it? - Said R'Joshua B'Levi, Because Scripture saith, The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer between the two evenings:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. Literal translation. 'Evening' ( 'ereb) is defined as the whole afternoon until nightfall.');">⁶</span> insert<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'divide'.');">⁷</span> it between the two 'evenings', [which gives] two and a half hours before and two and a half hours after<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'here' . .'there'.');">⁸</span>

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