Related%20passage for Eruvin 56:24

אמר רב המנונא מערבין בתרדין חיין איני והאמר רב חסדא סילקא חייא קטיל גברא חייא

so is it here also a handful.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Such a quantity suffices for the prescribed two meals (v. infra 80b) .');">⁴⁴</span> With what quantity of lichen? ' - Rabbah B'Tobiah replied in the name of R'Isaac who had it from Rab: As much as the contents of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'as the fullness'. t,khzut kzt');">⁴⁵</span> farmers' bundles.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' (rt. 'to weave') . Bundles are kept together by the winding of some flexible substance around them.');">⁴⁶</span> R'Hilkiah B'Tobiah ruled: An 'erub may be prepared from kalia.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ashes of an alkaline plant.');">⁴⁷</span> 'From kalia'! Could [such a notion] be entertained?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Can ashes be regarded as food?');">⁴⁸</span> [Say] rather with the herb from, which kalia is obtained. And what must be the quantity? - R'Yehiel replied: A handful.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 2. h,hhrek');">⁴⁹</span> R'Jeremiah once went [on a tour] to the country towns<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Or villages, to Inspect his fields (Rashi a.I.) Cf., however, Rashi, s.v. B.M. 85a.');">⁵⁰</span> when he was asked whether it was permissible to prepare an 'erub with green<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'moist'');">⁵¹</span> beans, but he did not know [what the answer was].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'It was not in his hand'. ohsr,');">⁵²</span> When he later came to the schoolhouse he was told: Thus ruled R'Jannai: It is permitted to prepare an 'erub from green<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'moist'');">⁵¹</span> beans. And what must be its quantity? - R'Yehiel replied: A handful.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra n. 2. h,hhrek');">⁴⁹</span> R'Hamnuna ruled: An 'erub may be prepared from raw beet.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , 'bletum'. Aliter: Tomatoes. thhj');">⁵³</span> But this is not so, seeing that R'Hisda in fact stated: Raw<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , 'living' also signifies 'raw' or 'healthy'.');">⁵⁴</span> beet kills a healthy<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' , 'living' also signifies 'raw' or 'healthy'.');">⁵⁴</span> man?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Unwholesome food, surely, would not be allowed to be used for an 'erub.');">⁵⁵</span>

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