Mesorat%20hashas for Menachot 126:13

אמר רבא קסבר ר' ישמעאל עשרון מובחר בלא טירחא אתי מחמש בטירחא אתי משלש בחול מייתינן מחמש דהכי שביחא מילתא בשבת מוטב שירבה במלאכה אחת בהרקדה ואל ירבה במלאכות הרבה

BUT THE SAGES SAY, WHETHER ON THE SABBATH OR ON A WEEKDAY IT WAS REAPED BY THREE MEN INTO THREE BASKETS AND WITH THREE SICKLES.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In order to give the matter greater publicity. V. GEMARA:');">¹⁵</span> <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>The opinion of the Rabbis is quite clear, for they hold that a tenth of the finest [flour] can be obtained out of three se'ahs, and therefore it is all one whether it was a Sabbath or a weekday.

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