Reference for Taanit 52:15
ורב נחמן אמר הלכה כרבי יוסי והלכה כרבי יוסי והאידנא מ"ט פרשי כהני ידייהו במנחתא דתעניתא כיון דבסמוך לשקיעת החמה קא פרשי כתפלת נעילה דמיא
And the halachah is [indeed] according to R'Jose. But nowadays why do the priests 'lift up their hands' [to bless the people] on fast-days at Minhah? - As they lift up their hands [in blessing] very near sunset<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [On fast-days Minhah was recited close to sunset; v. supra 12b. R. Gershom refers this only to 'the Day of Atonement.]');"><sup>12</sup></span> it is as if this was the Ne'ilah [service].
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