Commentary for Yoma 160:5
מתקיף לה רבא כזית בכדי אכילת פרס וכותבת בכדי אכילת פרס א"ל אביי קים להו לרבנן דבהכי מיתבא דעתיה בטפי מהכי לא מיתבא דעתיה
- Abaye replied: The Rabbis have ascertained that if it [the eating of the quantity of a date] takes so long [as one could eat a peras] a person will come to, but if longer he will not come to. Raba asked another strong question: The quantity of a date, during the time required for the eating of a peras, and half a peras during the time required for the eating of a peras?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If one has eaten half a peras of ritually unclean food during the time it takes to eat a peras of food, one is considered unclean and may not partake of sacred foods. Half a peras is ('Er. 83a) as two 'friendly' (generous sized) eggs, equal in size to three ordinary eggs.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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