Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 178:1

אמר רב פפא דיגרומי

R. Papa said: [A balance used] for heavy pieces of metal.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Broken pieces of iron, copper and the like, which sometimes weigh as much as a hundred pounds. The size of the beams, ropes etc. are determined by the weight of the articles for which they are used. ');">¹</span> R. Mani b. Patish said: The same [restrictions] that have been said [to apply to balances] with reference to their disqualification [for commercial uses] have also been said [to apply to them] with reference to their [liability to] Levitical defilement.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., scales which are prohibited for commercial use cannot be regarded as 'vessels' subject to the laws of Levitical defilement. ');">²</span> What does he come to teach us? [Surely] this has [already] been taught [in the following]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kel. XXIX, 5. ');">³</span> The [length of the] cords<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The beam of a balance is suspended by a cord, corresponding to nefesh, supra. ');">⁴</span>

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