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Beverage Measurements in Rabbinic Literature

תנו רבנן אין מקדשין על השכר

משום רבי אלעזר בר רבי שמעון אמרו מקדשין

מטעימת יין כל שהוא

רבי יוסי בר יהודה אומר מלא לוגמא

The Rabbis taught: One may not recite kiddush over beer.

From the name of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, they said: "One may recite kiddush."

By tasting any amount of wine.

Rabbi Yosei, son of Yehuda, says: "A cheekful."

אמר רב הונא אמר רב וכן תני רב גידל דמן נרש המקדש וטעם מלא לוגמא יצא ואם לאו לא יצא

Rav Huna said: "Rav said -and Rav Giddel from Neresh likewise teaches: 'One who recites kiddush and tastes a cheekful has fulfilled his obligation, and if not, he has not fulfilled his obligation.'"

אָמַר רָבָא: הָנֵי תַּרְתֵּי מִילֵּי, סָבֵי דְפוּמְבְּדִיתָא אַמְרִינְהוּ: חֲדָא — הָא.

אִידַּךְ — הַמְקַדֵּשׁ, אִם טָעַם מְלֹא לוּגְמָיו — יָצָא, וְאִם לָאו — לֹא יָצָא.

Rava said: "The elders of Pumbedita stated these two matters: One was this mentioned above with regard to lifting the barrel; and the other was: With regard to one who recites kiddush - if he tasted a mouthful, he fulfilled his obligation; however, if he did not taste a mouthful, he did not fulfill his obligation."

מיתיבי כמה ישתה ויהא חייב

בש"א רביעית

ובה"א מלא לוגמיו

רבי יהודה אומר משום ר"א כמלא לוגמיו

רבי יהודה בן בתירא אומר כדי גמיעה

How much to drink on Yom Kippur to be liable?

Beit Shammai say: "A quarter-log,"

and Beit Hillel say: "Two cheeks full." Rabbi Yehuda says from the name of Rabbi Eliezer: "Like two cheeks full." Rabbi Yehuda ben Beteira says: "In order to swallow."

אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל לא מלא לוגמיו ממש אלא כל שאילו יסלקנו לצד אחד ויראה כמלא לוגמיו

Rav Yehudah said: "Shmuel said: 'Not actually cheeksful, rather, all who pushes to one side, and it appears as though his cheeks were full.'"

והא אנן תנן מלא לוגמיו

אימא כמלא לוגמיו

Didn’t we learn in the mishna: A cheekful, in the plural form, meaning two cheeks full?

The Gemara answers: Say: Like two cheeks full in appearance.

א"ר יוחנן שיעורין ועונשין הלכה למשה מסיני עונשין מכתב כתיבי אלא ה"ק שיעורים של עונשין הלכה למשה מסיני

Rabbi Yoḥanan said: "Measures and punishments are halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai."

The punishments for all transgressions are written explicitly in the Torah, and therefore are not part of an oral transmission from Moses.

Rather, this is what was said: Measures for punishments are halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai.

תניא נמי הכי

שיעורין של עונשין הלכה למשה מסיני

אחרים אומרים בית דינו של יעבץ תיקנום

והכתיב (ויקרא כז, לד) אלה המצות שאין נביא רשאי לחדש דבר מעתה אלא שכחום וחזרו ויסדום

This was also taught: Measures of punishments are halakha to Moses from Sinai.

Others say: "They were instituted by the court of Jabez."

Isn’t it written: “These are the mitzvot which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel at Mount Sinai” (Leviticus 27:34) - that a prophet is not permitted to introduce any new element related to the Torah and its mitzvot from here on?

Rather, over the course of time, the people forgot the measures; subsequently the prophets reestablished the measures and taught them to the masses.

אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: שָׁתָה רְבִיעִית יַיִן — אַל יוֹרֶה. אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: לָא מְעַלְּיָא הָא שְׁמַעְתָּא, דְּהָא אֲנָא כֹּל כַּמָּה דְּלָא שָׁתֵינָא רְבִיעֵתָא דְּחַמְרָא — לָא צִילָא דַּעְתַּאי.
However, Rav Naḥman did not give his approval to all of Rav Yehuda’s rulings, as Rav Yehuda said that Shmuel said: If one drank a quarter-log of wine, he may not issue a halakhic ruling, as the wine is liable to confuse his thinking. With regard to this second statement, Rav Naḥman said: This halakha is not excellent, as concerning myself, as long as I have not drunk a quarter-log of wine, my mind is not clear. It is only after drinking wine that I can issue appropriate rulings.
אמר רמי בר אבאדרך מיל ושינה כל שהוא מפיגין את היין אמר רב נחמן אמר רבה בר אבוה לא שנו אלא ששתה כדי רביעית אבל שתה יותר מרביעית כל שכן שדרך טורדתו ושינה משכרתו

Rami bar Abba said: Walking a path of a mil, and similarly, sleeping even a minimal amount, will dispel the effect of wine that one has drunk. Rav Naḥman said that Rabba bar Avuh said: They only taught this with regard to one who has drunk a quarter-log of wine, but with regard to one who has drunk more than a quarter-log, this advice is not useful. In that case, walking a path of such a distance will preoccupy and exhaust him all the more, and a small amount of sleep will further intoxicate him.

מעשה ברבן גמליאל שהיה רוכב על החמור והיה מהלך מעכו לכזיב והיה רבי אילעאי מהלך אחריו מצא גלוסקין בדרך אמר לו אילעאי טול גלוסקין מן הדרך מצא גוי אחד אמר לו מבגאי טול גלוסקין הללו מאילעאי ניטפל לו רבי אילעאי אמר לו מהיכן אתה אמר לו מעיירות של בורגנין ומה שמך מבגאי שמני כלום היכירך רבן גמליאל מעולם אמר לו לאו באותה שעה למדנו שכוון רבן גמליאל ברוח הקודש ושלשה דברים למדנו באותה שעה למדנו שאין מעבירין על האוכלין ולמדנו שהולכין אחרי רוב עוברי דרכים ולמדנו שחמצו של גוי אחר הפסח מותר בהנאה כיון שהגיע לכזיב בא אחד לישאל על נדרו אמר לזה שעמו כלום שתינו רביעית יין האיטלקי אמר לו הן אם כן יטייל אחרינו עד שיפיג יינינו וטייל אחריהן שלשה מילין עד שהגיע לסולמא של צור כיון שהגיע לסולמא דצור ירד רבן גמליאל מן החמור ונתעטף וישב והתיר לו נדרו והרבה דברים למדנו באותה שעה למדנו שרביעית יין האיטלקי משכר ולמדנו שיכור אל יורה ולמדנו שדרך מפיגה את היין ולמדנו שאין מפירין נדרים לא רכוב ולא מהלך ולא עומד אלא יושב

There was an incident involving Rabban Gamliel, who was riding a donkey and traveling from Akko to Keziv, and his student Rabbi Elai was walking behind him.

He found some fine loaves of bread on the road, and he said to his student: Elai, take the loaves from the road. He encountered a certain gentile and said to him: Mavgai, take these loaves from Elai. Elai joined the gentile and said to him: Where are you from? He said to him: From the nearby towns of guardsmen. He asked: And what is your name? The gentile replied: My name is Mavgai. He then inquired: Has Rabban Gamliel ever met you before, seeing as he knows your name? He said to him: No.

At that time we learned that Rabban Gamliel divined by way of divine inspiration, And at that time we also learned three matters: We learned that one may not pass by food, we also learned that we follow the majority of travelers, and we further learned that with regard to leavened bread belonging to a gentile, it is permitted to benefit from this food after Passover.

When Rabban Gamliel arrived in Keziv, a person came before him to request that he dissolve his vow. Rabban Gamliel said to the one who was with him, i.e., Rabbi Elai: Did we drink a quarter-log of Italian wine earlier? He said to him: Yes. Rabban Gamliel replied: If so, let him journey after us until the effect of our wine is dispelled, after which we may consider his issue. And that person journeyed after them for three mil, until Rabban Gamliel arrived at the Ladder of Tyre. When he arrived at the Ladder of Tyre, Rabban Gamliel alighted from his donkey and wrapped himself and he sat and dissolved his vow. The Gemara continues: At that time we learned many matters of halakha from Rabban Gamliel’s conduct. We learned that a quarter-log of Italian wine intoxicates, and we learned that one who is intoxicated may not issue a halakhic ruling, and we learned that walking on a path dispels the effect of wine, and lastly we learned that one may not annul vows when he is either mounted on an animal, or walking, or even standing, but only when he is sitting.

קתני מיהת שלשה מילין שאני יין האיטלקי דמשכר טפי והאמר רב נחמן אמר רבה בר אבוה לא שנו אלא ששתה רביעית אבל שתה יותר מרביעית כל שכן דרך טורדתו ושינה משכרתו רכוב שאני השתא דאתית להכי לרמי בר אבא נמי לא קשיא רכוב שאני

In any event, the baraita is teaching three mil.

Italian wine is different in that it is more intoxicating.

But didn’t Rav Naḥman say that Rabba bar Avuh said: "They taught this only with regard to one who has drunk a quarter-log of wine, but with regard to one who has drunk more than a quarter-log, walking that distance will preoccupy and exhaust him all the more, and a small amount of sleep will further intoxicate him"?
Being mounted on an animal is different Now that you have arrived at this conclusion, according to Rami bar Abba, it is also not difficult, as he too can say that riding is different.

(ב) מֵאֵימָתַי חַיָּב,

מִשֶּׁיֹּאכַל טַרְטֵימַר בָּשָׂר וְיִשְׁתֶּה חֲצִי לֹג יַיִן הָאִיטַלְקִי.

רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, מָנֶה בָּשָׂר וְלֹג יָיִן.

אָכַל בַּחֲבוּרַת מִצְוָה, אָכַל בְּעִבּוּר הַחֹדֶשׁ, אָכַל מַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, אָכַל נְבֵלוֹת וּטְרֵפוֹת, שְׁקָצִים וּרְמָשִׂים, אָכַל טֶבֶל וּמַעֲשֵׂר רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁלֹּא נִטְּלָה תְרוּמָתוֹ וּמַעֲשֵׂר שֵׁנִי וְהֶקְדֵּשׁ שֶׁלֹּא נִפְדּוּ, אָכַל דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא מִצְוָה וְדָבָר שֶׁהוּא עֲבֵרָה, אָכַל כָּל מַאֲכָל וְלֹא אָכַל בָּשָׂר, שָׁתָה כָל מַשְׁקֶה וְלֹא שָׁתָה יַיִן, אֵינוֹ נַעֲשֶׂה בֵן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה, עַד שֶׁיֹּאכַל בָּשָׂר וְיִשְׁתֶּה יַיִן, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים כא) זוֹלֵל וְסֹבֵא. וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין רְאָיָה לַדָּבָר, זֵכֶר לַדָּבָר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (משלי כג) אַל תְּהִי בְסֹבְאֵי יָיִן בְּזֹלְלֵי בָשָׂר לָמוֹ:

(2) When does he become liable [to be stoned]?

Once he has eaten a tartemar of meat and drunk half a log of wine.

Rabbi Yose said: “A maneh of meat and a log of wine."

If he ate it in a company [celebrating] a religious act; or at a gathering for the purpose of intercalating the month; if he ate the second tithe in Jerusalem; if he ate the carrion or terefoth (meat that was not slaughtered in a kosher fashion), abominable and creeping things, or untithed produce, or the first tithe from which terumah had not been separated, or unredeemed second tithe, or unredeemed sacred food; if his eating involved a religious act or a transgression; if he ate any food but did not eat meat or drank any drink but did not drink wine, he does not become a ‘stubborn and rebellious son, unless he eats meat and drinks wine, for it is written, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice;] he is a glutton and a drunkard” (Deut. 21:20). Although there is no clear proof for this, there is at least a hint, as it is says, “Do not be among wine drinkers, among gluttonous meat eaters of flesh (Proverbs 23:20).

נזיר רביעית יין לנזיר עושה פסח דאמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל ארבע כוסות הללו צריך שיהא בהן כדי רביעית שהורו שתה רביעית יין אל יורה במקדש שתה רביעית יין ונכנס למקדש חייב מיתה
The Gemara explains this mnemonic: A nazirite, this is referring to the quarter-log of wine for which a nazirite is liable for drinking. Who performs the ritual of the Paschal offering, this is as Rav Yehuda says that Shmuel says: It is a mitzva to drink these four cups at the Passover seder and they must each contain the amount of a quarter-log. Who instructed, this is referring to the following halakha: One who drank a quarter-log of wine may not issue rulings to others in matters of halakha, lest he err. In the Temple, this is referring to the halakha that one who drank a quarter-log of wine and entered the Temple is liable to receive the death penalty (see Leviticus 10:9).
וחמש חיוורתא חלת נזיר ומצורע שנפסלו בשבת חלת רביעית שמן לחלה נזיר רביעית שמן לנזיר מצורע רביעית מים למצורע שנפסלו דתנן ושאר כל המשקין טמאין פוסלין את הגוייה ברביעית
And the five white cases of oil and water are listed in this mnemonic: The loaf of, a nazirite, and a leper, which were disqualified, on Shabbat. The Gemara elaborates: The loaf of, this is referring to the quarter-log of oil added to the loaves of a thanks-offering. A nazirite, this is referring to the quarter-log of oil for the wafers of a nazirite, which were brought with his offering. A leper, this is referring to the quarter-log of spring water into which a bird is slaughtered for the ritual purification of a leper (see Leviticus 14:5).Which were disqualified, this is as we learned in a mishna (Me’ila 17b): And all other ritually impure liquids disqualify the body to the extent that one who drinks them may not eat teruma, if one drank the amount of one quarter-log.
בשבת דתנן ושאר כל המשקין ברביעית ושאר כל השופכים ברביעית
On Shabbat, this is as we learned in a mishna which lists the minimum amounts of various liquids for which one is liable for violating the halakhot of Shabbat for carrying them from one domain to another. At the conclusion of this list, the mishna states (Shabbat 76b): And the measure that creates liability for carrying all other liquids, those not specified in the list, is a quarter-log, and the measure for carrying all waste water is likewise a quarter-log. This completes the list of ten halakhot that feature the quarter-log.
ותו ליכא והאיכא מרביעית נוטלין לידים לאחד ואפילו לשנים בפלוגתא לא קא מיירי
The Gemara asks: And are there no more than ten? But there is also the following mishna (Yadayim 1:1): With a quarter-log of water one can wash the hands of one person before eating bread, and this amount can be used even for two people, if they do so in the correct manner. The Gemara answers: Rabbi Elazar, who listed ten cases, does not deal with halakhot that are subject to a dispute, and some Sages disagree with the ruling that two people can wash their hands with a single quarter-log.
והאיכא כמה מים נותן לתוכה כל שהוא ר' זכאי אומר רביעית בפלוגתא לא קא מיירי והאיכא מקוה בר מההיא דבטלוה רבנן:
The Gemara continues to ask. But there is the following halakha: How much water must one place in a vessel that contains urine, before he can pray nearby? Any quantity is sufficient. Rabbi Zakkai said: A quarter-log. The Gemara again answers that Rabbi Elazar does not deal with halakhot that are subject to a dispute. The Gemara suggests another example: But there is the case of a ritual bath, as it is taught that one may immerse extremely small vessels in a quarter-log of rainwater in the ground. The Gemara answers: His list excludes that case, as the Sages annulled that halakha by ruling that one must use a standard ritual bath of forty se’a even for extremely small vessels.
[א] "יין ושכר אל תשת" – יכול כל שהוא? יכול מגתו? תלמוד לומר 'שכר' – לא אמרתי אלא כדי לשכר, רביעית בן ארבעים. אם כן למה נאמר 'יין'? יין מוזהרים עליו כל שהוא ומוזהרים עליו מגתו.
1) (Vayikra 10:9): "Wine and strong drink you shall not drink": I might think any amount and (even) from his wine press (when it has not yet fermented); it is, therefore, written "strong drink," only enough to cause drunkenness, (the quantity of) a revi'ith and (only) after forty days. If so, why mention "wine"? With wine, he is exhorted (even) for any amount and even from his wine press.
הָאוֹכֵל כְּכוֹתֶבֶת הַגַּסָּה, כָּמוֹהָ וּכְגַרְעִינָתָהּ, וְהַשּׁוֹתֶה מְלֹא לֻגְמָיו, חַיָּב. כָּל הָאֳכָלִין מִצְטָרְפִין לִכְכוֹתֶבֶת. כָּל הַמַּשְׁקִין מִצְטָרְפִין לִמְלֹא לֻגְמָיו. הָאוֹכֵל וְשׁוֹתֶה, אֵין מִצְטָרְפִין:
The mishna elaborates: One who eats a large date-bulk of food, equivalent to a date and its pit, or who drinks a cheekful of liquid on Yom Kippur is liable to receive the punishment of karet for failing to fulfill the mitzva to afflict oneself on Yom Kippur. All foods that one eats join together to constitute a date-bulk; and all liquids that one drinks join together to constitute a cheekful. However, if one eats and drinks, the food and beverage do not join together to constitute a measure that determines liability, as each is measured separately.
כתיב אפיתחא דקפוטקיא אנפק אנבג אנטל ואיזהו אנטל זהו רביעית של תורה:
Having related that incident, the Gemara notes that at the entrance of Kapotekiyya it was written: Anpak, anbag, antal, which are all names for the same measurement. And what is antal? It is the quarter-log of the Torah.