Commentary for Yoma 157:1

ככותבת שאמרו בגרעינתה או בלא גרעינתה בעי רב אשי עצם כשעורה בקליפתה או בלא קליפתה בלחה או ביבשה רב אשי לא מבעיא ליה הא דרב פפא גסה איתמר כל כמה דגסה רב פפא לא מבעיא ליה הא דרב אשי לחה שבולת מיקרי שלא בקליפתה אושלא מיקרי

Does the [size of] the date spoken of include the kernel or does it not?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Mishnaic text 'kamoha u-kegarinatha' may mean either, date and its kernel; or, date or its kernel (Rashi) . Cf. Ex. XXI, 6 where the word 'o' also means 'either' and/or 'or'. V. Mecklenburg, ha-kethab we-hakabbalah a.l. [The question is nevertheless not clear. Var. lec., however, read: Does the size of the date (spoken of) with its kernel (refer to) a dry or moist one, v. D. S. a. l. Cf. the next question].');">¹</span> R'Ashi asked: Does 'a bone as big as a barley-corn' include the husk or does it not?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ber. 41a. The reference is to a bone as small as a barley-corn, of a corpse which renders him who touches it ritually unclean.');">²</span> [Is the reference to] a moist one or to a dry one? - R'Ashi did not ask the question posed by R'Papa: For 'a big date' was said, which means a date in its complete size.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., including the kernel.');">³</span>

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