Reference for Yoma 82:22
כי אתא רבין פירשה משמיה דרבי יונתן
of the strip. R'Hanin said in the name of Rab: If the cedar-wood and the scarlet thread were [merely] caught by the flame,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 1.');"><sup>26</sup></span> they are usable [for the ceremony]. - They raised the following objection: If the strap caught fire, another strap is brought and the water of lustration prepared.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and he sanctifies'.');"><sup>27</sup></span> Abaye said: This is no contradiction; one speaks of a flame which blazes<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A fire which unexpectedly rises and spreads; a fire diverted from its course. Or: a fire which unexpectedly rises and spreads;');"><sup>28</sup></span> up, the other of one which is subdued.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the former case another strap is to be brought since it did not come in contact with the fire itself; but not in the latter case.');"><sup>29</sup></span> Raba said: Concerning the weight of [the heifer's strap] there is a division of opinion among Tannaim, for it was taught: Why does he wrap them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cedar-wood, hyssop and scarlet, Num. XIX, 6.');"><sup>30</sup></span> together? In order that they form together one bunch - this is the opinion of Rabbi. R'Eleazar son of R'Simeon says: In order that they have [sufficient] weight to fall into the midst of the burning heifer. - When R'Dimi came [from Palestine] he said in the name of R'Johanan: I heard of: three [different] straps, one, that of the [red] heifer, the other, that of the he-goat-to-be-sent-awa the third of the leper; one having a weight of ten zuz,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Zuz - the smallest silver coin corresponds to either one quarter or one half of a shekel. Sela' - is either five or ten zuzim. The shekel weighs about twelve grams. V. Krauss, T.A. II, 404.');"><sup>31</sup></span> the other a weight of two sela's,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Zuz - the smallest silver coin corresponds to either one quarter or one half of a shekel. Sela' - is either five or ten zuzim. The shekel weighs about twelve grams. V. Krauss, T.A. II, 404.');"><sup>31</sup></span> the third a weight of one shekel,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Zuz - the smallest silver coin corresponds to either one quarter or one half of a shekel. Sela' - is either five or ten zuzim. The shekel weighs about twelve grams. V. Krauss, T.A. II, 404.');"><sup>31</sup></span> and I do not know how to specify it. When Rabin came, he specified it in the name of R'Jonathan: