Talmudic units

"If it was the desert se'ah it should have contained a hundred and forty-four eggs, and if it was the Jerusalem se'ah it should have contained a hundred and seventy-three eggs, and if again it was the one of Sepphoris it should have contained two hundred and seven eggs."¹

1.
Israel W. Slotkin, translator.
Erubin, 83a
in Isidore Epstein, editor.
The Babylonian Talmud. Sedar Moed, volume 2.
London: The Soncino Press, 1938 (reprint ed. 1978).

The Jerusalem measures are a fifth larger than those of the desert, and the Sepphoris measures a fifth larger than those of Jerusalem.

The size of the Talmudic units is a matter of controversy. The two major schools of thought in the 20th century were represented by Rabbi A. H. Na'eh and Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (1878 – 1953, known as the Hazon Ish). Both (greatly contrasting) views are represented in the tables below.

Dry capacity									kor
								se'ah	30
							tarkab	2	60
						kab	3	6	180
					rova	4	12	24	720
				tomen	2	8	24	48	1440
			ukhlah	2.5	5	20	60	120	3600
egg			1.2	3	6	24	72	144	4320
desert	Na'eh	57.7 mL	69.2 mL	173.1 mL	346.2 mL	1.38 L	4.15 L	8.31 L	248 L
desert	the Hazon Ish	99.5 mL	119.4 mL	298.5 mL	597.0 mL	2.39 L	7.16 L	14.33 L	430 L
egg								173
Jerusalem	Na'eh	69.1 mL	82.9 mL	207.3 mL	414.6 mL	1.66 L	4.98 L	9.95 L	298.5 L
Jerusalem	the Hazon Ish	119.4 mL	143.3 mL	358.2 mL	716.4 mL	2.86 L	8.60 L	17.19 L	515.8 L
egg								207
Tzipori	Na'eh	82.9 mL	99.5 mL	248.7 mL	497.4 mL	1.99 L	5.97 L	11.94 L	358.1 L
Tzipori	the Hazon Ish	143.3 mL	172.0 mL	429.9 mL	859.8 mL	3.44 L	10.32 L	20.64 L	619.1 L

Liquid capacity										kor
									bat	10
								hin	6	60
							issaron	1 2/3	10	100
						log	7 1/5	12	72	720
					revi'it	4	28 4/5	48	288	2880
				egg	1.5	6	43 1/5	72	432	4320
			mesurah	6	9	36	259 1/5	432	2592	25,930
		kortob	1 7/9	10 2/3	16	64	460 4/5	768	4608	46,080
desert	Na'eh	5.4 mL	9.6 mL	57.6 mL	86.4 mL	345.6 mL	2.49 L	4.1 L	24.9 L	248.8 L
desert	the Hazon Ish	9.3 mL	16.5 mL	99.5 mL	149.3 mL	597.0 mL	4.30 L	7.2 L	43.0 L	429.9 L
Jerusalem	Na'eh	6.5 mL	11.6 ml	69.1 mL	103.7 mL	414.5 mL	2.98 L	5.0 L	29.9 L	298.5 L
Jerusalem	the Hazon Ish	11.2 mL	20.0 mL	119.4 mL	179.1 mL	716.4 mL	5.16 L	8.6 L	51.6 L	515.8 L
Tzipori	Na'eh	7.8 mL	13.9 mL	82.9 mL	124.3 mL	497.4 mL	3.58 L	6.0 L	35.8 L	358.1 L
Tzipori	the Hazon Ish	13.4 mL	23.8 mL	143.3 mL	215.0 mL	859.8 mL	6.19 L	10.3 L	61.9 L	619.1 L

Adin Steinsaltz.
The Talmud, the Steinsaltz edition: a Reference Guide.
Israel V. Berman, translator and editor.
New York: Random House, 1989.

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