תּלמוד אויף שמות 25:25

Go and deduce it from the smallest of the vessels, concerning which it is said, ... "And you shall make for it a border of a handbreadth around" (Exodus 25:25) Just as there the height was a handbreadth so was it here also a handbreadth But why should our deduction not be made from the vessels themselves? If you seized a large amount, you have notseized anything; but if you seized the lesser amount you have seized.