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Friday, March 31, 2023

The Talmudic egg - smaller than we thought?

EGGY ARCHAEOLOGY: Bar Ilan Professor Solves Age Old Issue: How Big Was the Talmudic Egg? (David Israel, Jewish Press).

It sounds as though Prof. Zohar Amar now thinks that ancient eggs were smaller that his research several years ago indicated. As the article notes, this development could have halakhic implications.

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