Commentary for Pesachim 5:9

אלא בין רב הונא ובין רב יהודה דכולי עלמא אור אורתא הוא ולא פליגי מר כי אתריה ומר כי אתריה באתריה דרב הונא קרו נגהי ובאתריה דרב יהודה קרו לילי

of the fourteenth leaven is searched for by the light of a lamp'; thus proving that 'or' is evening!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In refutation of R. Huna.');">¹⁷</span> The fact is both R'Huna and Rab Judah are alike, agreeing that 'or' is evening, and there is no controversy: each Master [speaks] in accordance with his locality. In R'Huna's town they called it naghe,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jast.: 'night-break'. Margin: light employed as a euphemism for darkness in the same way that a blind person is called a man with too much light.');">¹⁸</span> while in Rab Judah's town it is called night [lele].

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