Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 180:3

(סימן אוצרי פירות אין אוצרין ואין מוציאין ואין משתכרין פעמים בביצים מתריעין ולא מוציאין)

R. Papa b. Samuel introduced a measure of three kefiza.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] [G], Persian Kamij, a measure containing three log. Measure of three kefiza nine log. Others hold that the kefiza contained one log only. and R. Papa's new measure contained, accordingly. three log. ');">⁷</span> They said unto him: Did not Samuel say that measures must not be increased by more than a sixth?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A nine-log measure is bigger than half a tarkab (6 log) by a third milbar (a half milgaw). According to the second statement in the previous note, the comparison is between the half-kab (two log) and the kefiza (three 10a), the difference between which is also a third milbar. ');">⁸</span> — He said unto them: I have introduced a new measure.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not an enlargement of an old one. No mistaken charges would consequently take place. ');">⁹</span>

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