Chasidut for Avodah Zarah 8:7

אימת רתח אמר אביי בתלת שעי קמייתא כי חיורא כרבלתא דתרנגולא כל שעתא ושעתא מחוור חיורא כל שעתא אית ביה סורייקי סומקי ההיא שעתא לית ביה סורייקי סומקי

When is He wrathful? Abaye said: During the first three hours, when the comb of the cock is white. But is it not white at all times? At other times it has red streaks, at that time there are no red streaks in it. Joshua b. Levi used to be troubled by a min about scriptural verses. One day he took a cock and, placed it between the legs of the bed and watched it, thinking,

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