Commentary for Zevachim 60:15

סבר איבעי מיניה חדא דשמענא תרתי דאי בעינא כזית וכזית הא ניחא אי אמר לי כללא כ"ש כזית למחר בחוץ אלא אי אמר לי פרטא אכתי כזית למחר בחוץ קא מיבעיא לי

and as much as an olive,' [surely] that is not an omission!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the case of 'as much as an olive . . as much as an olive' follows a fortiori. If R. Judah holds that we have a detailed enumeration and no mingling of intentions even when the priest uses the copulative, how much more so when his statements are disjoined. Hence he would have understood that this too is included, but only this and no other, so that a twofold declaration in respect if the same piece would certainly be a mingling of intentions, and there would be no room for his question.');">²⁴</span> Hence he taught him, 'As much as an olive. as much as an olive.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Only on this assumption is there room for his question. This proves that the reading in the Mishnah is 'as much as an olive . . as much' etc.');">²⁵</span>

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