Commentary for Pesachim 3:4

מיתיבי (שמואל ב כג, ד) וכאור בקר יזרח שמש אלמא אור יממא הוא מי כתיב אור בקר וכאור בקר כתיב והכי קאמר וכאור בקר בעולם הזה כעין זריחת שמש לצדיקים לעולם הבא

while he who says night means literally night.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi deletes this, since that is so, in fact.');">⁹</span> An objection is raised: As soon as the morning was light [or], the men were sent away,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XLIV, 3.');">¹⁰</span> which proves that 'or' is day? - Is it then written, The 'or' was morning: [Surely] 'the morning was or' is written, as one says, Morning has broken forth.

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