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Here is the translation of the Gemara on daf 27a lines that we skipped in class

(k) (Mishnah): It says in a midrash (Mechilta - Tanna source) that the morning Tamid is offered at four hours of the day. **(l) Question:** Who is the Tana of the following Beraita? 1. (Beraita): "V'Cham ha'Shemesh v'Namas" -- [the manna melted] at four hours of the day. **2. Question:** Perhaps it was at six hours of the day! **3. Answer:** Elsewhere it says "k'Chom ha'Yom," this refers to six hours -- therefore, "v'Cham ha'Shemesh" refers to four hours (this will be explained). **4. Summary of question:** This is not like R. Yehudah, nor like Chachamim! (Benei Yisrael collected the manna "ba'Boker ba'Boker" -- //afterwards//, "v'Cham ha'Shemesh"! i. R. Yehudah says that four hours is still called morning (he allows the morning Tamid until then, even though it says "ba'Boker"), Chachamim say that until Chatzot is morning!  (m) Answer #1: It is like Chachamim;  1.Regarding the manna it says "ba'Boker ba'Boker" to teach that there were two periods in the morning (in the first half they gathered manna, it melted during the second half).  (n) Answer #2: It is like R. Yehudah;  1.The extra "ba'Boker" teaches that they collected it an hour before the end of the morning. (o) Question: All agree that it melted at four hours of the day -- how do they learn this from the verse?


 * (p) Answer (Rav Acha bar Yakov):** "V'Cham ha'Shemesh" refers to when it is hot only in the sun, not in the shade, i.e. at four hours. (But "k'Chom ha'Yom" is when it is hot even in the shade, at six hours.)