Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Taanit 51:2

<br><br><big><strong>הדרן עלך סדר תעניות אלו</strong></big><br><br>

ordain a fast and rain fell before midday and yet he first recited the Hallel and only after that the people ate and drank! - It is different with the people of Mahuza, because drunkenness is frequent amongst them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence they cannot be trusted to leave over the Hallel until they had eaten and drunk.');"><sup>2</sup></span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>ON THREE OCCASIONS OF THE YEAR, ON FAST-DAYS, ON MA'AMADOTH,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. infra 27a.');"><sup>3</sup></span> AND ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT DO THE PRIESTS LIFT UP THEIR HANDS TO BLESS [THE PEOPLE] FOUR TIMES DURING THE DAY, NAMELY AT THE SHAHARITH<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Morning Service.');"><sup>4</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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