Commentary for Menachot 173:13

כיצד בודק גזבר יושב וקנה בידו זרק הגיר הקיש בקנה: תנא זרק הגיר של שמרים גזבר הקיש בקנה

A Tanna taught: [By BARRELS are meant] the medium-sized pitcher-shaped Lydian vessels.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or 'the medium-sized Lydian pitchers'. Cf. however Tosef. Men. IX, where it reads: The wine was not put in large casks or in small barrels but in medium-sized pitcher-shaped vessels.');">¹³</span> They should not be put away in twos but singly.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that if one barrel turned bad none of the others would be affected.');">¹⁴</span>

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