Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Bava Metzia 122:5

והלא דברים ק"ו ומה משורה שהיא אחד משלשים (ושלשה) בלוג הקפידה עליו תורה ק"ו להין וחצי הין ושלישית ההין ורביעית ההין ולוג וחצי לוג ורביעית הלוג

Our Rabbis taught: <i>Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, and in weight, or in measure:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIX, 35, [H] 'meteyard', is lineal measure; [H] 'measure', means liquid measure of capacity. ');"><sup>9</sup></span></i> 'meteyard' means land measurement, [and] it forbids measuring for one in summer and for another in winter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: when brothers divide a landed legacy, one's portion must not be measured off in summer and another's in winter, because the measuring cord gives in winter and shrinks in summer. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>

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