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Just as judgment may be done only by day, so too here, the sota is given the bitter waters to drink only by day.
And daytime is the time for breaking the neck of the heifer, as the rabbis of the school of R' Yannai said: Atonement is written with regard to the heifer, teaching that it is treated like sacred offerings, and it has already been established that all actions relating to offerings must be performed
It was taught in the Mishnah: “The entire night is a valid time for reaping the omer,” as the Master said in tractate Menaḥot: The reaping of the omer and the counting of the omer must be performed at night, whereas bringing the omer offering to the Temple must be done during the day. And for burnin
§ The Mishnah states: This is the principle: Something that it is a mitzva to perform during the day is valid if performed any time during the entire day. The Talmud asks: As the Mishnah has seemingly mentioned all daytime mitzvot explicitly, the words: This is the principle, are to add what? The
And this Mishnah would consequently be in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei, as it is taught in a baraita that R' Yosei said: If one removed the old shewbread and frankincense in the morning and arranged the new ones toward the evening, i.e., at the end of the day, there is nothing wrong with