Commentary for Yoma 160:1
כי אתשיל בעוג מלך הבשן אתשיל דהוו ליה בית שמאי לחומרא
When this came up for discussion, it came up in connection with 'Og, king of Bashan',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., this teaching refers to the case of men as gigantic as Og, king of Bashan (Ber. 54b) ; in such cases Beth Shammai will be found to have taken, as usual, the severer view. For according to that school the minimum incurring penalty for any man is a fourth of a log, whereas according to the Hillelites it is for each according to his mouthful. According to Beth Shammai, therefore, an 'Og, king of Bashan' would become culpable on drinking, what to him would be less than a drop, whereas according to Beth Hillel he would incur penalty only when drinking the generous measure of his own mouthful.');"><sup>1</sup></span> so that Beth Shammai will be found to take the severer view.
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