Commentary for Sukkah 64:9

כי אתא רב דימי אמר אמה בת ששה טפחים עשה אותה בת חמשה צא מהן שלשה להדס והשאר ללולב כמה הוו להו תלתא ותלתא חומשי

When R. Dimi came he said. [R. Tarfon meant]: Take a cubit which has [normally] six handbreadths, into five. Deduct from these the three for the myrtle and the remainder is for the palm-branch. How much then is it? Three and three fifths?

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