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A Sage taught in the Tosefta: And half of one half of its half, 1/8th of this loaf, is the minimum measure of food that contracts the ritual impurity of foods. The Talmud asks: And our tanna, in the Mishnah, for what reason did he did not teach the measure of the impurity of foods? The Talmud an
As it was taught in a baraita: How much is half a peras? Two eggs minus a little; this is the statement of R' Yehuda. R' Yosei says: Two large eggs, slightly larger ones than average. R' Yehuda HaNasi measured the amount of half a peras after calculating the number of kav in the se’a brought befor
In contrast, concerning the impurity of foods, it was taught in a baraita: R' Natan and R' Dosa said that the measure of an egg-bulk, which the rabbis said is the amount that contracts the impurity of foods, is equivalent to it, i.e., the egg, and its shell. And the Rabbis say: It is equivalent to
As for the issue itself, Rafram bar Pappa said that Rav Ḥisda said: This baraita that clarifies the measure of half a peras is in accordance with the statements of R' Yehuda and R' Yosei, a measure that is identical to that of R' Shimon in the Mishnah. But the Rabbis say: 1½ large egg-bulks. And wh
The Talmud registers surprise: This is obvious, as R' Yoḥanan ben Beroka maintains that half a loaf is 3 egg-bulks, half of which is an egg-bulk and one half. The Talmud explains: The novel aspect of this teaching is not the amount itself; rather, he came to teach us that the measurement is perform