eruvin 36

the different doubts at twilight.

(this page discusses different ambiguous situations that can make an eruv valid or invalid. not knowing a situation at a time of the day which is neither day or night)

shabbat 44

R. Yehudah v R. Shimon

can something be moved on shabbat? - depends

do you care where it was; or where it is?

can things be defined in the half-light of twilight?

(discussion if things can be moved on shabbat, eg bed with money on it. if the money was there at twilight or one has assigned the bed as a place for money when shabbat came in, can't move the bed. But R. Shimon is concerned about how the object as it is, ie if the wagon doesn't have money on it can move it, even if the money was there when shabbat came in)

apologies for photo quality - I'm away - this time, shabbat shalom from the grey winter light of Sweden.

shabbat 35

at the end of the day, is it about sight or sound?

seeing 2 stars in the sky, birds coming back to nest, or the sun just above the treetops.

or listening to the shofar being blasted from the rooftops?

sight or sound?
either way, twilight comes from above.

(discussion about twilight, and the beginning of shabbat. different opinions about observation of various natural phenomenon - 2 stars, birds coming back to nest, sun just above the treetops. & the communal 6 shofar blasts in the countdown to shabbat. for english translation of this talmud page, see here)

shabbat 34

walking and the freedom of movement

finding the bodies so priests can walk in the marketplace (until R. Shimon reduces R.Yehudah to a pile of bones)
&
walking to the edge of twilight and the beginning of night