The daf finishes,
"בין השמשות כהרף עין זה נכנס וזה יוצא ואי אפשר לעמוד עליו".
The critical moment (or any moment) is actually very literally intangible - it can't be caught, or touched - "אי אפשר לעמוד עליו". In searching for meaning we must recognise that if we try too hard to nail something down, hold it to a particular place or time, it will slip from our fingers. Why do we ask at the beginning of the mishnah from what time can we say Shema in the evening? To teach us that any time can be THE time, it is different for the poor man, the Cohen, the people, etc. Find YOUR time. Grasp YOUR moment. Because, in the blink of an eye, it has gone.
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