דביתהו דרב יוסף הות מאחרה ומדלקת לה אמר לה רב יוסף תניא (שמות יג, כב) לא ימיש עמוד הענן יומם ועמוד האש לילה מלמד שעמוד ענן משלים לעמוד האש ועמוד האש משלים לעמוד הענן סברה לאקדומה אמר לה ההוא סבא תנינא ובלבד שלא יקדים ושלא יאחר:
will merit a beautiful dwelling; he who is observant of fringes<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V.Num. XV, 38.
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Rashi on Shabbat
Would kindle late the Shabbat lights, close to dark.
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Rashi on Shabbat
Departed not: This is an extra passage, that is why it was expounded. For it was [already] written (Exodus 13:21), "And the Lord went in front of them during the day [in the pillar of cloud … and during the night in the pillar of fire]."
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Rashi on Shabbat
The pillar of cloud of the day would complete the light of the pillar of fire. For the pillar of fire would come before the pillar of cloud would set. Hence this is the way of the world.
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Rashi on Shabbat
Do it earlier: When the [remainder of the] day is still long.
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Rashi on Shabbat
It was learned: I taught.
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Rashi on Shabbat
To not make early: Since it would not be noticeable that it is for Shabbat.
