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Open Chapter 8. Minimum measures of liquids to become liable for carrying out on Shabbos. Wine in Talmudic times required dilution. Significant if enough to create a cup of blessing, to be held while reciting the grace after meals with a minyan, a quorum of 10, present. Milk measured in gulps. Honey as needed to treat a sore. Oil to moisten a small limb. Water to moisten an eye bandage. All other liquids require a quarter “log,” i.e. the volume of an egg and a half. No creature is in God’s world was created for naught – five examples. Five huge creatures have a dread of tiny creatures.