Zevahim 31: It's a Measure of Time: Half a Loaf of Bread

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Zevahim 31: It’s a Measure of Time: Half a Loaf of Bread

10.16.2025 | כ״ד בתשרי תשפ״ו

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What happens if the olive’s measure of the offering was eaten in combination by 2 people? Is the concern that an olive’s measure is eaten, or that the given person ate the olive measure? Or what if the olive’s measure was eaten over a long, slower period of time than the usual “half a loaf of bread” time frame? Plus, even if the olive’s measure was divided or slow, etc., it would not invalidate the offering – because those same actions don’t combine.

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Anne Gordon is the deputy editor of Ops & Blogs at The Times of Israel. She is a veteran educator, having taught in high school and post-high school institutions in Israel and America for several decades. Yardaena Osband is a pediatrician and teaches in her community and online. They both hail from Boston, proud alumna of Maimonides School, where they first learned Gemara. Talking Talmud is their conversation (via podcast) on the daf yomi. They say: “Learning the daf? We have something for you to think about. Not learning the daf? We have something for you to think about! (Along with a taste of the daf…) Join the conversation with us!”

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