Commentary for Shabbat 241:3

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> נכרי שבא לכבות אין אומרים לו כבה ואל תכבה מפני שאין שביתתו עליהן אבל קטן שבא לכבות אין שומעין לו מפני ששביתתו עליהן:

must proceed with tebillah at any time of the day.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the whole day'. Even if he discharged semen in the late afternoon of the Day of Atonement, he may perform tebillah on the same day and need not wait for the evening, because tebillah in its right time is obligatory. [A non-obligatory bath is prohibited on the Day of Atonement.] ');">⁶</span> R. Jose said: [If the mishap happened] from minhah and beyond he need not<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Var. lec. he may not, v. Tosaf. a.l.] ');">⁷</span> perform tebillah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because tebillah at its right time is not obligatory, which is the point of the objection. The circumstances here are that be has already recited all the prayers of the day (Tosaf.), or at least minhah, while the ne'ilah (concluding) service may be recited at night. ');">⁸</span>

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