Commentary for Shabbat 40:1
אמר רב כהנא קנים שאגדן צריכין רוב לא אגדן אין צריכין רוב גרעינין צריכין רוב נתנן בחותלות אין צריכין רוב
R. Kahana said: Canes tied together require the greater part; if not tied together, they do not require the greater part. Kernels require the greater part; if put in bales they do not.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus he agrees with R. Huna in respect to staves, and with R. Hisda in respect to kernels. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> R. Joseph learned: Four fires do not require the greater part, [viz.] of pitch, sulphur, cheese,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Alfasi reads: wax. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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