Quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 127:12

עד מתי הוא פוחת וכו': מאי טרפעיקין אמר רב ששת אסתירא וכמה אסתירא פלגא דזוזא תניא נמי הכי ר' יהודה אומר שלשה טרפעיקין שהן תשע מעין מעה וחצי לכל יום

How long does he reduce [her ketubah]? etc. What [is meant by] tropaics? R. Sheshet said: An istira. And how much is an istira? Half a zuz. It was also taught in a baraita: R. Judah said: Three tropaics which [amount to] nine ma’ah [the reduction being at the rate of] one ma’ah and a half per day.

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