Uni Eating His Bread
I am a little bothered with the Gemora's discussion about the Uni eating his bread as the basis for the time to begin saying Shema. The Gemora seems to think ( according to Rashi) that the Uni must eat early because he doesnt have a candle to eat with. The Gemorah then answers that the time that Uni and Cohen are the same time ( Tzays). Did the Gemorah forget about the Uni eating in the dark or is the Gemorah just assuming in the maskuneh that the Uni is eating in the dark, around the same time that most people eat? If so, what changed?
posted by Anonymous @ 4:55 PM
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Someone suggested this morning that an uni has a conflict. On the one hand, he needs to try to make as much as possible all day so he will try to work for as long as possible until it's dark but on the other hand he has no money to buy candles so he wants to eat while it's light. The gemara was unsure which is the overriding factor and proved from the braysa that it must be that he eats later so the extra work is more important.
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