Related%20passage for Pesachim 95:18

אמר רב קבא מלוגנאה לפיסחא וכן לחלה (והתניא)

It was taught, Rabbi said: The halachah is as R'Eliezer; while R'Isaac said: The halachah is as the Son of Bathyra. And what<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'how much?'');">²¹</span> is the standard of dough?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which one can knead on Passover and keep it from fermenting.');">²²</span> - R'Ishmael the son of R'Johanan B'Berokah said: In the case of wheat, two kabs; in the case of barley, three kabs. R'Nathan said on R'Eleazar's authority: The rulings are [to be] reversed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Three in the case of wheat, and two in the case of barley, for barley ferments more quickly.');">²³</span> But it was taught, R'Ishmael son of R'Johanan B'Berokah said: In the case of wheat, three labs, and in the case of barley, four kabs? - There is no difficulty: One refers to inferior [corn]; the other t superior corn.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Two kabs of superior wheat is the equivalent of three kabs of inferior wheat; while three kabs of superior barley is the equivalent of four kabs of inferior barley.');">²⁴</span> R'Papa observed: This proves, Poor wheat is more inferior to good wheat than poor barley is inferior to good barley, for whereas there [there is a difference of] a third, here [there is a difference of quarter. Rab said: A kab of Meloga<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supposed to be a place in Babylon.');">²⁵</span> [is the standard] for Passover,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One must not knead more dough than that.');">²⁶</span> and it is likewise in respect of hallah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That is the smallest quantity subject to hallah.');">²⁷</span> But we learned:

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