Commentary for Taanit 9:10
Though he goeth on his way weeping that beareth the measure of seed etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CXXVI, 5-6.');"><sup>8</sup></span> What is the meaning of, 'Though he goeth on his way weeping that beareth the measure etc.'? - Rab Judah said: When the ox is ploughing, on his forward journey he weeps, but on his return journey he eats the young green from the furrows - And this is the force of the words, 'He shall come home with joy' - What is the meaning of, 'Bearing his sheaves'? - R'Hisda said: Others say it was taught in a Baraitha: The stalk was then one span and the ear two spans.
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