Commentary for Taanit 51:9
כל יום שיש בו הלל אין מעמד בשחרית קרבן מוסף אין בנעילה קרבן עצים אין במנחה דברי ר' עקיבא
LET THE EARTH BRING FORTH, AND, AND THE HEAVENS [AND THE EARTH] WERE FINISHED. TWO PERSONS READ BETWEEN THEM A LONG SECTION<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Containing at least six verses.');"><sup>19</sup></span> AND ONE A SHORT SECTION.
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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