Quoting%20commentary for Pesachim 218:1

אמה על אמה ברום שלש אמות ושיערו חכמים שיעור מי מקוה ארבעים סאה

A square cubit by three cubits' depth, and the Sages estimated the standard of the water of a mikweh at forty se'ahs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 1 se'ah == 6 kabs; 1 kab == 4 logs; 1 log == 4 rebi'ith; 1 cubit == 6 handbreadths; 1 handbreadth = 4 fingerbreadths. On this basis R. Hisda arrives at his estimate. Thus:1 Se'ah == 96 rebi'ith; 40 se'as == 96 X 40 == 3840 rebi'ith. Hence cubic capacity of mikweh is 3840 X 108 == 41472 fingerbreadths which is the equivalent of cubic capacity of 3 cubic cubits, 1 cubic cubit being equal to 243 ( == 13824 fingerbreadths) , and 3 cubic cubits being equal to 3 X 13824 == 41472].');">¹</span> R'Ashi said: Rabin B'Hinena told me, The Table in the Sanctuary was jointed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the joints could be taken apart.');">²</span>

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