Commentary for Bava Batra 180:1

מנה מאתן וארבעין הוו אלא שמע מינה תלת ש"מ מנה של קדש כפול היה ושמע מינה מוסיפין על המדות ואין מוסיפין יותר משתות ושמע מינה שתותא מלבר

Was the <i>maneh</i> two hundred and forty [<i>denarii</i>].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The maneh, according to Ezekiel, was twenty + twenty-five + ten + five shekels= sixty shekels =two hundred and forty denarii (one shekel =four denarii). But elsewhere it is stated that the maneh contains only twenty-five shekels or sela'im = only a hundred. (Cf. Keth. 10a). ');">¹</span> But three things are to be inferred from this. It is to be inferred that the holy <i>maneh</i> was doubled;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ordinary maneh contained twenty-five shekels. Having added a sixth milbar, [H] (from outside the quantity) = a fifth milgaw [H] (from inside), the value of the maneh rose to thirty shekels. The holy shekel, being doubled, is, therefore, worth sixty shekels or two hundred and forty denarii. ');">²</span> it is to be inferred that the [standard of] measures<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e. measures and coins. ');">³</span>

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