Reference for Pesachim 9:5

ואימא מצפרא אך חלק

- 'Ak' divides [it].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is a general principle in Talmudic exegesis that ak and rak (only) imply limitations; thus ak divides the day, showing that the putting away takes place in the middle of the day, not at the beginning.');">⁷</span> The School of R'Ishmael taught: We find that the fourteenth is called the first, as it is said, on the firs the fourteenth day of the month.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid.');">⁸</span>

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