Commentary for Taanit 51:10
אמר לו בן עזאי כך היה רבי יהושע שונה קרבן מוסף אין במנחה קרבן עצים אין בנעילה חזר רבי עקיבא להיות שונה כבן עזאי
AT SHAHARITH, MUSAF, AND MINHAH THEY ASSEMBLED AND READ [THE REQUISITE] SECTION BY HEART, IN THE SAME WAY AS PEOPLE RECITE THE SHEMA'. THEY DID NOT ASSEMBLE AT MINHAH ON FRIDAY OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE SABBATH. ON ANY DAY WHEN HALLEL<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The name for the collection of Psalms, CXIII-CXVIII recited on festivals or semi-festivals like Hanukkah. [Here the reference is to Hanukkah, when Hallel is read but not Musaf.]');"><sup>20</sup></span>
Rashi on Taanit
When the gates close -- The Jerusalem Talmud, tractate Berachot, in the chapter [beginning with] "the morning prayer", defines when the "closing" occurs. One opinion is that it refers to the gates of the temple, and one opinion is that it refers to the gates of heaven, which are closed close to evening at the completion of prayers. And it was customary to add the Neilah prayer on all public fast days the same way we do on Yom Kippur.
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