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In the classic move Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and its sequels, people get shrunk down to 1/264th of their normal size. So, a person is around 1/4 of an inch tall.

If such a thing were even possible, would there be any changes in size requirements for him?

Some examples:

• A Chanukiah has to be higher than 3 tefachim (~11.5in) from the ground. A normal 3 tfachim at that scale would be 46 times bigger than him!

• The minimum amount of bread that needs to be eaten to bentch is 1 kezayit (~30g), or around the amount of one cookie. In the movie, one cookie is way more than enough to feed 4 kids.

• The minimum amount to be liable for transferring on Shabbat is whatever is useful to people e.g.Human food, the size of a dried fig etc. see rest of list in mishna shabbos ch8, Those shiurim are humongous for him!

Would any of these (or other) shiurim (measurements) be scaled down to match the shrunk person?

In the classic move Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and its sequels, people get shrunk down to 1/264th of their normal size. So, a person is around 1/4 of an inch tall.

If such a thing were even possible, would there be any changes in size requirements for him?

Some examples:

• A Chanukiah has to be higher than 3 tefachim (~11.5in) from the ground. A normal 3 tfachim at that scale would be 46 times bigger than him!

• The minimum amount of bread that needs to be eaten to bentch is 1 kezayit (~30g), or around the amount of one cookie. In the movie, one cookie is way more than enough to feed 4 kids.

• The minimum amount to be liable for transferring on Shabbat is whatever is useful to people. E.g. Human food, the size of a dried fig etc. (see rest of list in mishna shabbos ch. 8). Those shiurim are humongous for him!

Would any of these (or other) shiurim (measurements) be scaled down to match the shrunk person?

In the classic move Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and its sequels, people get shrunk down to 1/264th of their normal size. So, a person is around 1/4 of an inch tall.

If such a thing were even possible, would there be any changes in size requirements for him?

Some examples:

• A Chanukiah has to be higher than 3 tefachim (~11.5in) from the ground. A normal 3 tfachim at that scale would be 46 times bigger than him!

• The minimum amount of bread that needs to be eaten to bentch is 1 kezayit (~30g), or around the amount of one cookie. In the movie, one cookie is way more than enough to feed 4 kids.

• The minimum amount to be liable for transferring on Shabbat is whatever is useful to people. Those shiurim are humongous for him!

Would any of these (or other) shiurim (measurements) be scaled down to match the shrunk person?

In the classic move Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and its sequels, people get shrunk down to 1/264th of their normal size. So, a person is around 1/4 of an inch tall.

If such a thing were even possible, would there be any changes in size requirements for him?

Some examples:

• A Chanukiah has to be higher than 3 tefachim (~11.5in) from the ground. A normal 3 tfachim at that scale would be 46 times bigger than him!

• The minimum amount of bread that needs to be eaten to bentch is 1 kezayit (~30g), or around the amount of one cookie. In the movie, one cookie is way more than enough to feed 4 kids.

• The minimum amount to be liable for transferring on Shabbat is whatever is useful to people e.g.Human food, the size of a dried fig etc. see rest of list in mishna shabbos ch8, Those shiurim are humongous for him!

Would any of these (or other) shiurim (measurements) be scaled down to match the shrunk person?

In the classic move Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and its sequels, people get shrunk down to 1/264th of their normal size. So, a person is around 1/4 of an inch tall.

If such a thing were even possible, would there be any changes in size requirements for him?

Some examples:

• A Chanukiah has to be higher than 3 tefachim (~11.5in) from the ground. A normal 3 tfachim at that scale would be 46 times bigger than him!

• The minimum amount of bread that needs to be eaten to bentch is 1 kezayit (~30g), or around the amount of one cookie. In the movie, one cookie is way more than enough to feed 4 kids.

• The minimum amount to be liable for transferring on Shabbat is whatever is useful to people. Those shiurim are humongous for him!

Would any of these (or other) shiurim (measurements) be scaled down to match the shrunk person?

In the classic move Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and its sequels, people get shrunk down to 1/264th of their normal size. So, a person is around 1/4 of an inch tall.

If such a thing were even possible, would there be any changes in size requirements for him?

Some examples:

• A Chanukiah has to be higher than 3 tefachim (~11.5in) from the ground. A normal 3 tfachim at that scale would be 46 times bigger than him!

• The minimum amount of bread that needs to be eaten to bentch is 1 kezayit (~30g), or around the amount of one cookie. In the movie, one cookie is way more than enough to feed 4 kids.

• The minimum amount to be liable for transferring on Shabbat is whatever is useful to people. Those shiurim are humongous for him!

Would any of these (or other) shiurim (measurements) be scaled down to match the shrunk person?