Commentary for Eruvin 57:9

מיתיבי ר"ש בן אלעזר אומר עוכלא תבלין וליטרא ירק ועשרה אגוזין וחמשה אפרסקין ושני רמונים ואתרוג אחד ואמר גורסק בר דרי משמיה דרב מנשיא בר שגובלי משמיה דרב וכן לעירוב והני נמי ליהוו כי אפרסקין

are valuable but these are not so valuable.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The more valuable an article of food the less the quantity consumed in the course of a meal. The food prescribed for two meals was not meant to imply so much food as would provide two fully satisfying meals but only the quantity of any particular kind of food that is usually consumed in the course of two meals. While of peaches which are expensive no more than five would be consumed in the course of two meals, as much as a kab of apples would be consumed in the course of two such meals.');">²⁷</span> 'May the Lord', exclaimed R'Joseph, 'pardon R'Menashia B'Shegobli [this oversight; for] I made that statement<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the name of Rab; that 'the same quantities were also applicable to an 'erub' (supra) .');">²⁸</span> in connection with a Mishnah and he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When teaching it to Gursak b. Dari.');">²⁹</span> applied it to a Baraitha! For we learned: Any poor man [applying] at the threshing floor [must be given]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the poor man's tithe.');">³⁰</span>

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