Chasidut for Bava Metzia 172:6

אמר רבי יוחנן מובחר שבבהמות שור מובחר שבעופות תרנגולת אמר אמימר זגתא אוכמתא בי בטניתא דמשתכחא ביני עצרי דלא מציא פסיא קניא

R. Johanan said: The best of cattle is the ox; the best of birds is the fowl. Amemar said: A fattened black hen<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Be Botni; so Rashi. Jast. conjectures this to be a geographical term. ');">¹⁰</span> which moves about the vats, and which cannot step over a stick.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Through fatness. This is Amemar's explanation of 'fatted fowl'. ');">¹¹</span>

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