Reference 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."
Rashi on Berakhot
UNTIL THE END OF THE FIRST WATCH- A third of the night, as will be explained in the Gemara (p. 3a), and from then on the time has passed for it is not the time of lying down, and is not referred to in the words "Bishachbicha". Also, before this period is not considered the time for lying down. Therefore, if one read the Shema before, he does not fulfill his obligation. If so, why do we read the Shema in the Synagogue? In order to stand in Tefilah, in connection with words of Torah as is taught in the Briata in the Jerusalem Talmud Berachot. Therefore one would have to read again after it gets dark. [In this case] Reading the first section of the Shema at bed time suffices.
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