Commentary for Shabbat 69:8

פשיטא מהו דתימא בין השמשות דר' יוסי מישך שייך בדר' יהודה קא משמע לן דשלים בין השמשות דר' יהודה והדר מתחיל בין השמשות דר' יוסי

and that is Miriam's well.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to the Rabbis the well miraculously followed Israel for Miriam's sake; Ta'an. 9a. ');">¹⁴</span> Rab Judah said in Samuel's name: At twilight, as defined by R. Judah, unclean priests may perform tebillah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. Its purpose was to cleanse them and permit them to eat sacred food. Sunset had to follow the tebillah before they might do so, but Rab Judah holds that twilight, as defined by R. Judah, is day, and therefore sunset does follow it. ');">¹⁵</span>

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