The 10 Hebrew words for Volume:#1 of 5 ########################################################### # 10 YEAR Ayelet DAILY-RASHI-YOMI CYCLE # # Mar 6, 2001 # # Rashis 629-631 Of 7800 (8.1%) # # # # VISIT THE RASHI YOMI ARCHIVES # # ----------------------------- # # http://www.RashiYomi.Com/calendar.htm # # # # Reprinted with permission from Rashi-is-Simple, # # (c) 1999-Present, RashiYomi Inc., Dr Hendel President # #Permission to reprint with this header but not for profit# # # # WARNING: READ with COURIER 10 (Fixed width) FONTS # # # ########################################################### RULE ==== 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 ============================================================== WORD ROUGH EQUIVALANT EQUIVALANT # OF EGGS ========= ================ ============================== 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 ===== *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 {END OF LIST} GOALS: ===== 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 =========== In todays unit we introduce the OMER--the unit of measurement for one day of food. REFERENCE: ========= This module comes from the following digest in the Rashi-is-Simple series http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h9n12.htm (Up Sunday) #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# (C) Dr Hendel, 2001 *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* EXAMPLES 1-3 ============ THE OMER = 1/10th EYPAH Ex16-36a Ex29-40a Lv23-10b--OMER = 1/10th EYPAH =============================================== * 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) ---------------------------------------------------- #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# (C) Dr Hendel, 2001 *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*