Commentary for Sotah 7:2
כדי הקפת דקל דברי רבי ישמעאל ר"א אומר כדי מזיגת הכוס רבי יהושע אומר כדי לשתותו
R. Joshua says: Sufficient to drink it; Ben Azzai says: Sufficient to roast an egg; R. Akiba says: Sufficient to swallow it; R. Judah b. Bathyra says: Sufficient to swallow three eggs one after the other; R. Eleazar b. Jeremiah says: Sufficient for a weaver to knot a thread; Hanin b. Phineas says: Sufficient for a woman to extend her hand to her mouth to remove a chip of wood [from between the teeth]; Pelemo says: Sufficient for her to extend her hand to a basket and take a loaf therefrom. Although there is no proof for this [last opinion] there is an indication, viz., For on account of a harlot, to a loaf of bread.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. VI, 26. This is the literal rendering of the Hebrew. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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