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- עִשָּׂרוֹןm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) one-tenth of an Ephah, ʿissaron. Men.XIII, 1 הרי עלי ע׳וכ׳ if a person says, ‘I vow an ʿissaron, he must offer one minḥah. Ib. 2 מנחה של ששים ע׳ a meal offering of sixty ʿissaron; a. fr.Pl. עֶשְׂרוֹנִים, עֶשְׂרוֹנוֹת. Ib. 1 ע׳ יביאוכ׳ (Bab. ed. 104b עשרונות) if a person says, ‘I vow ʿesronim, he must offer two minḥahs. Ib. יביא מנחות של ע׳ מאחד ועד ששים he must bring (sixty) offerings of ʿesronim, beginning with one ʿissaron and progressing up to sixty; a. e.
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