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19 R. JUDAH SAID: IF IT IS etc. What constitutes a LARGE QUANTITY? — Said Rabbah b. Bar Hanah in R. Johanan's name: Ten <i>kors</i>. It has been taught likewise: What constitutes a large quantity? Ten <i>kors</i>. A tanna recited before R. Nahman: When was this said? If he measured [the corn] for him out of the granary and returned [it] to him out of the granary. But if he measured [it] for him out of the granary and returned it to him out of the house, he may make no deduction for decreases, because it [the quantity] increases.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The measures used in the granary were larger than house measures, hence the same quantity shows a larger figure when measured by the latter; this increase counterbalances the normal decrease. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> Are we dealing with imbeciles, he retorted, who give with a large measure and take back with a small! Perhaps you mean the season of the granary.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., summer, when the corn is harvested into the granary. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> [Thus:] When is this said? If he measures it out to him at the harvest season and returns it to him in the harvest season. But if he measures it out to him at the harvest season and returns it to him in the rainy season [winter], he may make no deduction for decreases, because it increases.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In winter the crops swell up, the resultant increase counterbalancing the normal loss. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> Said R. Papa to Abaye: If so, the barrel [containing produce] ought to burst! — It did once happen that the barrel [did in fact] burst. Alternatively, it [the reason that the barrel does not generally burst] is on account of the tightness [of the crops].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tightly pressed together in the barrel, they have no room to expand and cause it to burst. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. HE MAY DEDUCT A SIXTH IN THE CASE OF WINE. R. JUDAH SAID: A FIFTH. HE MAY DEDUCT THREE LOGS OF OIL PER HUNDRED, WHICH IS A <i>LOG</i> AND A HALF FOR LEES, AND ONE AND A HALF FOR ABSORPTION.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The barrels absorb that quantity. ');"><sup>18</sup></span> BUT IF IT WAS REFINED OIL, HE MAY MAKE NO DEDUCTION FOR LEES. IF THEY [THE CONTAINERS] WERE OLD BARRELS, HE MAY MAKE NO DEDUCTION FOR ABSORPTION.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Old barrels have already absorbed as much as they can contain. ');"><sup>19</sup></span> R. JUDAH SAID: EVEN IF HE SELLS REFINED OIL TO HIS NEIGHBOUR DURING THE WHOLE YEAR, THE LATTER MUST ACCEPT A <i>LOG</i> AND A HALF OF LEES PER CENT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if the vendor sells a quantity of oil but keeps it in his own barrels, supplying it in smaller quantities to the vendee as and when desired. Having received 98 1/2 logs of pure oil without sediment, the vendee must now accept 1 1/2 of lees. ');"><sup>20</sup></span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. But there is no dispute; each master rules in accordance with his region. In the locality of the first master they covered [the inside of the wine barrels] with wax, so there was not much absorption;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not more than a sixth. ');"><sup>21</sup></span> whilst in that of the other [sc. R. Judah] they covered [them] with pitch; hence they absorbed more.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. a fifth. ');"><sup>22</sup></span> Alternatively, it is on account of the clay [used in making the barrels]; the one quality absorbed more, the other less. In Rab Judah's locality forty-eight jugfuls went to the [standard] barrel, a barrel being sold at six <i>zuz</i>, and Rab Judah retailed six [jugfuls] per <i>zuz</i>.