The 10 Hebrew words for Volume:#1 of 5
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RULE
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There are 10 basic words denoting measurement. They
are compactly presented in the LIST below. Rashis on
these 10 terms are presented afterwards.

{LIST}
Here are the basic Biblical words denoting measurement
Next to each term we given a ROUGH ENGLISH EQUIVALENT--
for example the BIBLICAL LOG has the volume of 6 eggs
which is about 1 English CUP. The right column gives
the equivalant volume in EGGS, the fundamental unit
of volume in Jewish Law. Footnotes provide more details
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WORD      ROUGH EQUIVALANT      EQUIVALANT # OF EGGS
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Egg       TABLESPOON*1          Fundamental Unit of Volume
Log       CUP                   6 TABLESPOONS
Kav       QUART                 24 eggs = 4 CUPS
Hin       GALLON                72 eggs = 3 QUARTS = 6 Log*2
Seah      DOUBLE GALLON         144 eggs= 6 QUARTS = 24 log*2
AYFaH*3*4 CARTON                432 eggs= 3 SEAH= 18 QUARTS
COR       TRUCKLOAD             4320 eggs=10 CARTONS=30 Seah*5

NOTES
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*1 Teaspoon = 2/11 of an Egg (Rambam Theft 8)
   Actually >LADEL< or >FLUID OUNCE< would be a better
   translation than >TABLESPOON<

*2 HIN/LOG are usually associated with >Liquid< measure.
   Seah/Kav are usually associated with >Dry< measures.

   Thus Rashis point on Lv19-36b and Lv19-36c is that
   there is a legal obligation to make legal rules for
   both >DRY< and >LIQUID< measures. The Rambam notes
   that >DRY< and >LIQUID< measures have different
   requirements--for example liquid measures will more
   frequently have residues from previous measurements
   (See Rambam Theft 8:13 and commentaries)

*3 AYFAH(Dry measure) = BATH(Liquid measure) (Ez45-11)
   They both hold the same amount of volume (Ez45-11)

*4 the OMER=1 Day of Food=7 Cups=43.2 Eggs=1/10 EYFAH(Ex16-36a)

*5 See Isa05-10 & Ez45-11 for an explicit statement
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GOALS:
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A person completing this module will be able to correctly
use Biblical words on Measurement. A person completing
this module will also be familiar with typical daily
usages--how much food is eaten in a day; how much oil
is burned in a night etc




TODAYS UNIT
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In todays unit we introduce the OMER--the unit of measurement
for one day of food.




REFERENCE:
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This module comes from the following digest in the
Rashi-is-Simple series



http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h9n12.htm (Up Sunday)




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EXAMPLES 1-3
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        THE OMER =  1/10th EYPAH

Ex16-36a Ex29-40a Lv23-10b--OMER = 1/10th EYPAH
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* Rashi Defines the OMER= 1/10th of an EYPAH=43.2 eggs=7 Cups
* Rashi reviews the definition of several measurements
  on Ex16-36a. This is typical of Rashi. He will give one
  big OVERVIEW on one Rashi and then give 2-3 word explanations
  on many of the other verses
* Rashi also explains that the term >ONE TENTH< by itself,
  denotes ONE TENTH=ONE TENTH EYPHAH=OMER

  However this is not based on tradition but rather
  on the fact that although the Torah usually says
  a TENTH OF FLOUR (and nothing further) nevertheless
  in 2 verses it explicitly states
  a TENTH OF AN AYFAH OF FLOUR (eg Nu28-05 vs Nu28-13)
  Also see Nu05-15 and Lv14-21

  Thus this identifying of ONE TENTH and
  ONE TENTH OF AN AYFAH follows the Rabbi Ishmael rule of
  ---------------------------------------------------
  --If there is a general category (eg TENTHS)
  --which is unspecified (eg it does not say a TENTH of what);
  --but in one case it does specify(eg Nu28-05 states 1/10 AYFAH)
  --THEN
  --the specified case (which states TENTH=TENTH AYFAH)
  --does not apply to only that one case but rather
  --applies to all cases(ie ONE TENTH=ONE TENTH AYFAH)
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