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For those who follow Rabbeinu Tam's position, Tzeit HaKochavim and the end of Shabbat occurs at a uniform 4 mil after natural sunset for all locales.<ref>Teshuvot V'Hanhagot 1:268</ref> The only difference among the different interpretations of Rabbeinu Tam's position is how long to define a mil, which has ramifications for how long 4 mil would be. | For those who follow Rabbeinu Tam's position, Tzeit HaKochavim and the end of Shabbat occurs at a uniform 4 mil after natural sunset for all locales.<ref>Teshuvot V'Hanhagot 1:268</ref> The only difference among the different interpretations of Rabbeinu Tam's position is how long to define a mil, which has ramifications for how long 4 mil would be. | ||
* The most standard of these positions is that a mil is 18 minutes. Therefore, communities should end Shabbat 72 minutes after natural sunset.<ref>18 min/mil x 4 mil = 72 mins</ref> | *The most standard of these positions is that a mil is 18 minutes. Therefore, communities should end Shabbat 72 minutes after natural sunset.<ref>18 min/mil x 4 mil = 72 mins | ||
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This was the position advocated by R' Moshe Feinstein for Binei Torah (even though he said 50 mins was sufficient) as well as the private, personal practice R' Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik (1903-1993) even though he paskened one only needed to wait 30 minutes after natural sunset in New York and Boston.</ref> | |||
*Others interpret Rabbeinu Tam slightly differently and state that Tzeit HaKochavim occurs not 72 natural minutes but 72 <u>halachic</u> minutes (1.2 halachic hours per Sha'ot Zemaniot)<ref>72 mins/(60 mins/hr) = 1.2 halachic hours | |||
To determine how much time this is in natural time, divide the total number of minutes of sunlight that occurred that day (dawn to sunset) by 12, yielding the amount of minutes in an halachic hour on that particular day. Multiply the solution by 1.2 to determine how many minutes after natural sunset should Shabbat end. | |||
</ref> after natural sunset. <ref>This was the custom of Brisk, based on a letter from the Chofetz Chaim brought in the Sefer Brirur Halacha Tinyana, as well as the position of Rav Ovadiah Yosef (Yalkut Yosef 293:3, Zmanim K'Halacha, page 43) </ref> | |||
#According to Sephardim, it is permitted for someone who keeps Rabbenu Tam time to ask someone who doesn't keep Rabbenu Tam time to do Melacha for him.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 293:11</ref> --> | #According to Sephardim, it is permitted for someone who keeps Rabbenu Tam time to ask someone who doesn't keep Rabbenu Tam time to do Melacha for him.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 293:11</ref> --> | ||
