Reference of Measurements in Halacha: Difference between revisions

# When Mil is given in terms of distance it is equal to 2000 [[Amot]]. <ref>S"A 261:2 writes that 3/4 of a mil is equal to 1500 amot, implying a mil is 2000 amot. [http://www.yeshiva.org.il/midrash/shiur.asp?id=15883#3b Rabbi Melamed on yeshiva.org.il] writes that a mil is 2000 amot.</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>