Commentary for Shabbat 70:6

מתני ליה רב יהודה לרב יצחק בריה שניה להדליק את הנר כמאן לא כר' נתן ולא כר' יהודה הנשיא אלא שלישית להדליק את הנר כמאן כרבי נתן

and one commenced the Sabbath. Said R. Simeon b. Gamaliel, What shall we do to the Babylonians who blow a teki'ah and a teru'ah, and commence the Sabbath in the midst of the teru'ah?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., hard on the heels of (or, immediately they hear) the teru'ah. ');">¹⁰</span> (They blow a teki'ah and a teru'ah [only]: but then there are five? — Rather they blow a teki'ah, repeat the teki'ah, and then blow a teru'ah and commence the Sabbath in the midst of the teru'ah.) — They retain their fathers' practice.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This was a very ancient custom; v. Neh. XIII, 19 and Halevi, Doroth, I, 3, pp. 336f. ');">¹¹</span>

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