Talking Talmud

Menahot 97: What's a Cubit? An Imprecise Mishnah

April 18 · 13 min · Season 30 · Episode 97 · 6.6 MB
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All of the mention of "amot," the measure of a forearm, that are mentioned in the Temple are "medium-sized" cubits -- which was 5 or 6 handbreadths, depending on what was being measured. Also, the application of those amot of different lengths, as concluded from the description of the Temple's measurements in Ezekiel.