Musar for Berakhot 1:2
אנן תנינן משעה שהכהנים נכנסין לוכל בתרומתן. תני רבי חייא משעה שדרך בני אדם נכנסין לאכול פיתן בלילי שבת. ותני עלה קרובים דבריהן להיות שוין.
We recite [in our mishnah] "...from the time that the kohanim (Aaronide priests) enter to eat their Terumah (produce consecrated for priestly consumption)." Rabbi Chiya taught [in Tosefta Berakhot 1:1]: "...from the time that people usually go in to eat their bread on the eve of the Sabbath." And there is a baraita that comments on this: "These opinions are close enough to be equal."
Mesilat Yesharim
However, just like we have divided purity of thought into two divisions, namely, the bodily actions and the actions of Divine service, so too the in-depth contemplation necessary to acquire purity in them divides into two divisions.
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