Related%20passage for Menachot 108:8

אי אמרת בשלמא כמות שהן שפיר אלא אי אמרת לכמות שהן מרבה במעשרות הוא

But read the next clause: And [one may give] pressed figs by measure [as tithe] in respect of fresh figs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus one kab of pressed figs may be given as tithe in respect of nine kabs of fresh figs.');">¹¹</span> Now if you hold that we measure In the condition in which it is now, then it is well;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For reckoning by capacity or weight one measure of dried figs is given in respect of the remaining nine measures of fresh figs.');">¹²</span> but if you hold that we measure in the condition in which it was before, then too much is given as tithe?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For one kab of dried figs would very likely be as much as two kabs when fresh.');">¹³</span>

Explore related%20passage for Menachot 108:8. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.