Quoting%20commentary for Yoma 159:9

אלא דלא מחייבי קרבן עד דאיכא כזית גדול

R'Eleazar said: If one has eaten tallow in these times,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when the Temple is no longer in existence.');">¹²</span> he must put down [make a note of] the quantity, because another Rabbinical Court may come and increase the measures.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Eleazar suggested that if the Sanctuary be rebuilt in his days and a new Rabbinical Court were in session, they might render such decision. Hence one who is conscious of having eaten tallow may well take the precaution of putting down the exact quantity so as to be sure that his transgression does, or does not, involve the obligation of a sin-offering, in accord with the new enactment of the revived court.');">¹³</span>

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