Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 175:12

מר סבר כיון דלדורות לא הוה צריך לפי שעה הוא דעבדיה ואיגנז ואידך כיון דהוה הוה

He who counts the measures from the top downwards maintains that the word 'full' implies that it may be neither less [than the prescribed measure] nor more.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Accordingly all the measures had to be determined with accuracy, and this could only be done by filling the largest measure, the hin, to the brim and carefully dividing it into halves and into quarters etc. Conversely, to fill the smaller vessel several times and pour it into the larger vessel would not give an accurate measure, for two full half-measures when poured into a larger vessel are more than one whole measure (Rashi MS.) .');">¹⁰</span>

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