Commentary for Menachot 61:1
אשידה דתנן [השידה] ב"ש אומרים נמדדת מבפנים ובית הלל אומרים מבחוץ ומודים אלו ואלו שאין עובי הרגלים ועובי הלבזבזין נמדד
in connection with the 'Chest', for we have learnt:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kel. XVIII, 1.');"><sup>1</sup></span> A chest, say Beth Shammai, should be measured on the inside;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To determine its capacity. If it can hold forty se'ahs liquid or two kors dry ware it is not susceptible to uncleanness, for it is no longer deemed to be a 'vessel'.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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