The Gemara asks, how can we assume the smallest Shiur is the size of a human face? Maybe it's the size of the face of a small bird?
The Gemara answers that we have a Gezaira Shava to the face of a person (even though we can learn it to "the face from above," since it's larger we assume the smaller face, which is human.) Even though we also see the Torah talks about the face of a Keruv, that too is a Tefach. They're both human faces, but the Keruv is a younger man.
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The Gemara gives another reason how we know that the Kapores was a Tefach thick. Since the Torah calls the thickness a P'nai (in this context it means a surface but it could mean a face.) So we see that it's the size of a face, which is around a Tefach. The Gemara says why don't you say that it means to be the size of the face of a giant bird, which is a lot bigger. The Gemara answers that, given the choice between a larger Shiur or a smaller, we always assume the smaller one.
Tosfos says that there are those that explain this rule, since you can always make the Shiur bigger and bigger, which can go on indefinitely, therefor we always take the smaller Shiur.
Tosfos asks on this: In our Gemara, it cannot go on for ever, since it must fit into the Kodesh Hakodashim. So, why did the Gemara apply this rule over here?
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