@@ -2829,25 +2829,58 @@ public Date getFixedLocalChatzos() {
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/**
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* A method that returns the latest <em>zman krias shema</em> (time to recite Shema in the morning) calculated as 3
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- * hours before {@link #getFixedLocalChatzos()}.
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- *
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- * @return the <code>Date</code> of the latest <em>zman krias shema</em> calculated as 3 hours before
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- * {@link #getFixedLocalChatzos()}..
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+ * clock hours before {@link #getFixedLocalChatzos()}. Note that there are opinions brought down in Yisrael Vehazmanim
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+ * <a href="https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=9765&st=&pgnum=85">page 57</a> and Rav Yitzchal Silber's <a href=
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+ * "https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/811253716">Sha'aos Shavos Balalacha</a> that this calculation is a mistake and regular
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+ * <em>chatzos</em> shoud be used for clock-hour calculations as opposed to fixed local <em>chatzos</em>. According to
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+ * these opinions it should be 3 clock hours before regular <em>chatzos</em> as calculated in {@link
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+ * #getSofZmanShma3HoursBeforeChatzos()}.
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+ *
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+ * @return the <code>Date</code> of the latest <em>zman krias shema</em> calculated as 3 clock hours before
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+ * {@link #getFixedLocalChatzos()}.
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* @see #getFixedLocalChatzos()
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+ * @see #getSofZmanShma3HoursBeforeChatzos()
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* @see #getSofZmanTfilaFixedLocal()
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+ *
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+ * @deprecated This method of calculating <em>sof zman Shma</em> is considered a mistaken understanding of the proper
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+ * calculation of this <em>zman</em> in the opinion of Rav Yitzchal Silber's <a href=
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+ * "https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/811253716">Sha'aos Shavos Balalacha</a>. On pages 316-318 he discusses Rav Yisrael
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+ * Harfenes's calculations and points to his seeming agreement that using fixed local <em>chatzos</em> as the focal
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+ * point is problematic. See Yisrael Vehazmanim <a href=
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+ * "https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=9765&st=&pgnum=85">page 57</a>. While the Yisrael Vehazmanim mentions
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+ * this issue in vol. 1, it was not corrected in the calculations in vol. 3 and other parts of the <em>sefer</em>.
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+ * A competent rabbinical authority should be consulted before using this <em>zman</em>. Instead, the use of {@link
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+ * #getSofZmanShma3HoursBeforeChatzos()} should be used to calculate <em>sof zman Tfila</em> using using 3 fixed
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+ * clock hours.
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*/
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+ @ Deprecated
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public Date getSofZmanShmaFixedLocal () {
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return getTimeOffset (getFixedLocalChatzos (), -180 * MINUTE_MILLIS );
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}
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/**
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* This method returns the latest <em>zman tfila</em> (time to recite the morning prayers) calculated as 2 hours
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- * before {@link #getFixedLocalChatzos()}.
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+ * before {@link #getFixedLocalChatzos()}. See the documentation on {@link #getSofZmanShmaFixedLocal()} showing
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+ * differeing opinions on how the <em>zman</em> is calculated. According to many opinions {@link
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+ * #getSofZmanTfila2HoursBeforeChatzos()} should be used as opposed to this <em>zman</em>.
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*
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* @return the <code>Date</code> of the latest <em>zman tfila</em>.
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* @see #getFixedLocalChatzos()
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* @see #getSofZmanShmaFixedLocal()
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+ * @see #getSofZmanTfila2HoursBeforeChatzos()
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+ *
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+ * @deprecated This method of calculating <em>sof zman Tfila</em> is considered a mistaken understanding of the proper
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+ * calculation of this <em>zman</em> in the opinion of Rav Yitzchal Silber's <a href=
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+ * "https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/811253716">Sha'aos Shavos Balalacha</a>. On pages 316-318 he discusses Rav Yisrael
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+ * Harfenes's calculations and points to his seeming agreement that using fixed local <em>chatzos</em> as the focal
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+ * point is problematic. See Yisrael Vehazmanim <a href=
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+ * "https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=9765&st=&pgnum=85">page 57</a>. While the Yisrael Vehazmanim mentions
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+ * this issue in vol. 1, it was not corrected in the calculations in vol. 3 and other parts of the <em>sefer</em>.
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+ * A competent rabbinical authority should be consulted before using this <em>zman</em>. Instead, the use of {@link
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+ * #getSofZmanTfila2HoursBeforeChatzos()} should be used to calculate <em>sof zman Tfila</em> using using 2 fixed
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+ * clock hours.
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*/
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+ @ Deprecated
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public Date getSofZmanTfilaFixedLocal () {
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return getTimeOffset (getFixedLocalChatzos (), -120 * MINUTE_MILLIS );
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}
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