Commentary for Eruvin 57:4

אמר רבא הריני כבן עזאי בשוקי טבריא אמר ליה ההוא מרבנן לרבא תפוחים בכמה אמר ליה וכי מערבין בתפוחים

[to make up the prescribed quantity] of half of a half loaf<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' . The peras is equal to the size of four eggs (cf. Rashi a.l.) .');">¹⁰</span> in respect of rendering the body<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of a priest.');">¹¹</span> unfit,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To eat terumah, although, since no foodstuffs can impart uncleanness to a human being by means of touch, he does not thereby become unclean.');">¹²</span> or [to make up the quantity of] food for two meals required for an 'erub, or the size of an egg in respect of imparting food defilement? '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Me'il IV, 5, Ker. 13a.');">¹³</span>

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