Commentary for Yoma 160:2
מתקיף לה ר' זירא מ"ש אכילה דכל חד וחד בככותבת ומ"ש שתיה דכל חד וחד בדידיה א"ל אביי קים להו לרבנן בככותבת דבהכי מיתבא דעתיה בציר מהכי לא מיתבא בשתיה בדידיה מיתבא דעתיה בדחבריה לא מיתבא דעתיה
- R'Zera asked a strong question: To what difference is it due that, with regard to eating, the minimum of a date was fixed for every one, whereas in the case of drinking each has [his minimum] in accord with his own [mouthful]? - Abaye replied to him: Regarding<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Corrected according to Bah.');"><sup>2</sup></span> food the Rabbis established that with [the quantity of] a date a person may come to, but with a smaller quantity he will not come to; but with regard to drinking [they have found] that a man will come to with the quantity of his own [mouthful], but not with less than that.
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