Commentary for Yoma 158:11

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The size of an olive, according to R'Meir. According to R'Judah: The size of an egg'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ber. 45a.');">¹⁰</span> [And in connection therewith it was said:] Wherein are they differing? R'Meir holds: And thou shalt eat,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. VIII, 10.');">¹¹</span> refers to eating.' And be satisfied',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. VIII, 10.');">¹¹</span> refers to drinking. And the minimum of 'eating' is the size of an olive whereas R'Judah holds: 'And thou shalt eat and be satisfied', i.e., an eating which brings satisfaction, and that is [at least as much] as an egg. And if you should think that the big date referred to is bigger than an egg - how if the quantity of an egg even satisfied one, would it not help one to come to? Thence the inference is proper that the big date referred to is smaller than an egg: the quantity of an egg will satisfy one, the size of a big date will help one to come to. It was taught: Rabbi says,

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