Commentary for Bava Batra 40:11

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> והתניא בתנור ארבעה ובכירה שלשה אמר אביי כי תניא ההיא בדנחתומין דתנור דידן כי כירה דנחתומין:

BUT NOT A COWSHED. <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. [THERE MUST BE UNDER IT PAVED FLOORING AT LEAST THREE HANDBREADTHS etc.] But has it not been taught that there must be four handbreadths under an [ordinary] oven and three under a small oven? — Said Abaye: This refers to the ovens of bakers, for our large oven is like their small one.

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