Commentary for Shabbat 69:4

אביי חזייה לרבא דקא דאוי למערב א"ל והתניא כל זמן שפני מזרח מאדימין א"ל מי סברת פני מזרח ממש לא פנים המאדימין את המזרח. א"ד רבא חזייה לאביי דקא דאוי למזרח א"ל מי סברת פני מזרח ממש פנים המאדימין את המזרח וסימניך כוותא:

and he did not permit one [to move] even a two-kors size. With whom [does that agree]? — With the following Tanna. For we learnt: A receptacle of stubble, or of staves, and the cistern of an Alexandrian boat, though they have rims and contain forty se'ahs in liquid measure which is two kors in dry measure,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Two kors — sixty se'ahs. A utensil held more in dry measure, because it could be heaped up. ');">⁷</span> are clean.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These are too large to rank as utensils, and only utensils are liable to uncleanness; V. 'Er., Sonc. ed., 14b notes. ');">⁸</span>

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