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equivalent to the weight of 60 sela, as stated by Rav Dimi. The Talmud asks: But does a tanna teach that a maneh is of 40 sela? The Talmud answers: Yes; and we learned in the Tosefta (Kelim, Bava Metzia 6:2): With regard to a new leather flask that is not yet completely sewn together, even though i
If one sewed the flask together and it tore, the measure of the tear that renders the flask no longer susceptible to impurity is a hole large enough to enable pomegranates to go out, as then it ceases to serve as a vessel. R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov says: The tear must be like the measure of balls of
§ The Mishnah states: And how much of the sheared wool does one give to the priest? One gives him the weight of 5 sela in Judea, which are 10 sela in the Galilee, once laundered and not when sullied. The rabbis taught: The Mishnah does not mean that one must launder the wool and then give it to the
The Mishnah states: The measure that must be given to the priest is enough to fashion a small garment from it. The Talmud asks: From where are these matters derived? R' Yehoshua ben Levi said: The verse that follows the mention of the first sheared wool states: “For YHWH your God has chosen him ou
The Talmud asks: Is the garment in question necessarily the belt? Say that it is the robe, which is fashioned from a far greater amount of wool. The Talmud answers: This inference is based on the principle that if you grasped a lot you did not grasp anything; if you grasped a little, you grasped so