Commentary for Shabbat 159:12

(סובין כדי ליתן על פי כור של צורפי זהב):

if for adornment, [the standard is] two eyes? — Hillel son of R. Samuel b. Nahmani explained it: That was taught in reference to small-towners.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or, villagers. Temptation not being so great there, it is safe even for modest women to paint both eyes. ');">²²</span> PASTE, FOR PUTTING ON THE TOP OF A LIME BOARD. A Tanna taught: As much as is required for putting on the top of a lime board of a hunter's rod.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The paste being to entrap the birds that alight thereon. ');">²³</span> WAX, FOR PUTTING OVER A SMALL HOLE. It was taught: As much as is required for putting over a small wine hole.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a hole through which wine is poured; this is smaller than one made for oil or honey. ');">²⁴</span> CLAY, FOR MAKING A HOLE IN A GOLD-REFINER'S POT, etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The translation of these three passages, from PASTE, etc., follows the text as emended by BaH. ');">²⁵</span> Shall we say that R. Judah's standard is larger? But we know the Rabbis' standard to be larger, for we learnt: R. JUDAH SAID: AS MUCH AS IS REQUIRED FOR TAKING THE MEASURE OF A CHILD'S SHOE?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is less than the standard of the Rabbis which precedes it; v. Mishnah supra 75a. ');">²⁶</span> — Say, as much as is required for plastering [the splits in] the tripod leg of a small stove.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is a smaller standard. ');">²⁷</span>

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