Name | Explanation | In Kitzur | In Torah |
Cheek-full מלא לוגמיו | About 80 cc | 133:15, | |
Cubit אמה, cubits אמות | Six hand-breadths, that is about 50-60 cm or about 18 inches | 2:1-2, 3:6, 5:8-9, 9:1, 9:8, 10:2, 11:10, 18:17-18, 18:21, 20:1, 41:2, 74:3, 134:6, | Noah Gen. 6:15-16, 7:20, |
Hand-breadth טפח, hand-breadths טפחים | About 3 inches or 8 cm, or 9.6 cm according to the Hazon Ish. | 5:16, 11:5, 11:12, 28:4, 28:7, 131:11, 134:5-6, 136:1, 136:8, 139:7-8, | |
Kav קב | About 2,200 cc | 33:11, | |
K'beitzah כביצה | The size of an egg, about twice the size of a k'zayit, according to Shiurei Torah and Rav Moshe Feinstein giving approximately 52 or 62 grams respectively. The Chazon Ish considers it the size of three k'zaytim, or close to 100 grams. | 40:1, 77:16, 135:3, | |
K'zayit כזית | The size of an olive, Shiurei Torah - 26 grams, Rav Moshe Feinstein approximately 31 grams, and the Chazon Ish approximately 36 grams. | 35:1, 39:2, 41:5, 42:19, 48:7, 48:10, 51:1-5, 54:1, 77:3, 77:15-16, 129:9, 133:17, 135:3, | |
Length of a barley אורך שעורה | | 10:13, | |
Mil מיל, millin מילין | Approximately 1 km | 12:5, 12:8, 40:14, 68:1, | |
Parsoh פרסה | About 4 km, or 2.8 miles | 68:2, 68:11, 131:5, | |
Parsoh (time to walk) שיעור הילוך פרסה | One hour and twelve minutes | 12:3, | |
Revi'it רביעית, revi'im רבעים | Shiurei Torah - 86.4 cc. , the Chazon Ish - 150 cc. | 35:2, 40:2, 51:2, 54:1, 77:15, 133:15 | |
Seah סאה | About 6,600 cc | 40:7, | |
Sixty breaths שתין נשמין | About half an hour | 2:8, | |
Thumb-length אגודל, thumb-breadths אגודלין | There are 4 thumb-lengths to one hand-breadth, so a thumb-length is about 1 inch or 2.5 cm | 9:3-5, 9:13, 9:16-17, 136:3, | |
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