אמר רב ביבי בר אביי כי תנן נמי מתני' [יתר על] פי שנים ברחבה תנן אי הכי היינו ר' יוסי
If so, is not this ruling exactly the same as that of R'Jose?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who also ruled: EVEN IF ITS LENGTH IS TWICE ITS BREADTH.');"><sup>13</sup></span> - The difference between them is the squared area which the Rabbis have prescribed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'made square'. R. Eliezer maintains that the authorized length is twice the breadth and no longer, but a squared area is also permitted; while R. Jose holds that the authorized area is a square although one whose length equals twice its breadth is also permitted. (V. Rashi. Cf., tfht however, R. Han. in Tosaf. s.v. a.l.) .');"><sup>14</sup></span>
Sefer HaChinukh
And since we explained the shekel-coins, it is fitting that we explain how much is a chomer: You should know that the chomer is a measure that is [also] called a kor. And a kor is two letech, and a letech is fifteen seah. It comes out that a chomer is thirty seah, which is ten eipah - as an eipah is three seah. It is a well-known thing and we also already knew it from our Rabbis, may their memory be blessed, (Eruvin 23b) that a place that has fifty ells by fifty ells is a beit seah - meaning that it is [what contains what grows from] a seah of barley - and that is two thousand five hundred [square ells] by arithmetic (multiplication). It comes out that a place that is fitting for the seed of a chomer of barley - which is thirty seah - is seventy-five thousand ells by arithmetic.
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