Kezayit, k'zayit, or kezayis (Hebrew: כְּזַיִת) is a Talmudic unit of volume approximately equal to the size of an average Talmudic-Era Israeli olive.
The word itself literally means "like an olive."
The rabbis differ on the precise definition of the unit: Its uses in halacha include:[citation needed]
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