after sunrise, but if they are performed after daybreak, one fulfilled his obligation ex post facto.

The Talmud in Pesachim (see above) holds symmetrically that the time between daybreak and sunrise is also the time in which one can walk four mils. For morning calculations, daybreak is normally held to be when the sun is 16.1° below the horizon, or else a fixed 72 (or 90) minutes before sunrise.

Times

Daybreak

Daybreak (???? ????, Alot Hashachar) refers to when the first rays of light are visible in the morning.

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