Quotation for Moed Katan 26:10
מיתיבי הנודר מן הדגן אסור אף בפול המצרי יבש ומותר בלח ומותר באורז בחילקא וטרגיס וטיסני בשלמא למ"ד חדא לתרתי חדא לתלת וחדא לארבעה שפיר דנפקו להו מתורת דגן אלא למ"ד כונתא דגן מעליא הוא קשיא
tisana, one into four.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Greek ** four.');"><sup>18</sup></span> When R'Dimi came [from Palestine] he said: [All these are] kuntha [spelt]. An objection was raised: Hilka, tragus and tisana are [considered as] 'tainted'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Literally (ritually) defiled, potentially or actually, by the grain being washed before the milling. Fruits, grain and vegetables are not subject to ritual defilement until washed or sprayed or have Purposely been left exposed to get damped by rain or dew. After that deliberate damping these take ritual defilement by contact with defiling objects. Cf. Lev. XI, 34. 37-38 with commentaries of Rashi and Nahmanides and B.M. 22a-b, (Sonc. ed. p. 138-9) .');"><sup>19</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Sotah
The Mishnah, Makhširin 6:2, mentions “spelt groats, tragos, tisana” as manufactured products; R. Jonah defines these trade names. In the Babli, Mo‘ed Qaṭan 13b, R. Jonah’s definition is described as Babylonian; the Galilean definition of חילקה given by Rav Dimi is כונתא, explained by the commentary ascribed to Rashi as “spelt for chewing” and by “Rashi’s commentary” edited by E. Kupfer as “shelled spelt”, confirming the determination as halica., into two parts. Tragos48Greek τράγος, “spelt (or other grains); goat”. Latin tragos, tragum “porridge”., into three. Tisana49Latin “barley groats, pearl barley; barley water”; originally Latin ptisana, Greek πτισάνη, “peeled barley, barley gruel”., into four.” Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun asked: From there on, is it coarse flour50The offering of the suspected wife is defined (Num. 5:15) as “coarse barley flour”. Is it enough if the kernels are broken into at least five parts or does there have to be a real grinding process? The question is not answered.? One does not have to sift out the fine flour from in between51The presence of a few finely ground pieces of barley does not invalidate the offering if it is recognizable as coarse flour by the naked eye..