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 # According to the Chazon Ish, the Amah is 24 inches (60.96 centimeters), the Tefach is 4 inches (10.16 centimeters), and the Etzbah is 1 inch (2.54 centimeters). <ref> Shiurin shel Torah (pg 3) by the Steipler quoting the Chazon Ish but admitting that these are approximate measures because of the need to publicize the measures but not an accurate calculation. </ref>
 ==Reviyit==
-# A Reviyit is a Kebaytzah and a half. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 486:1 </ref> Therefore, according to Rav Chaim Noeh, the Reviyit is 86 grams (3 oz) and according to the Chazon Ish the Reviyit is 150 grams (5.3 oz). <ref>Vezot HaBracha (pg 6) </ref>
+# A Reviyit is a Kebaytzah and a half. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 486:1 </ref>Therefore, Rav Chaim Noeh holds that the Reviyit is 86 grams (3 oz),<ref>Shiurei Tzion (p. 69)</ref> the Chazon Ish holds that the Reviyit is 150 grams (5.3 oz). <ref> Rav Chaim Kanievsky in Shiurin Shel Torah (p. 66) according to the rulings of the Chazon Ish </ref>, and some quote Rav Moshe as saying the Reviyit is 3.3 oz. <ref>Vezot HaBracha (Birur Halacha 1) quotes Haggadat Kol Dodi which quotes Rav Moshe Feinstein as saying that a Reviyit is 3.3 oz.</ref>
 ==Kedi Shtiyat Reviyit==
 # See [[Kedi Shtiyat Reviyit]] (the time in which a Reviyit is considered drunk together)