Commentary for Bava Batra 202:4

אמר רב אשי במעמיק דאי לא תימא הכי ארבע מערות לר' שמעון היכי עביד להו הא קא נגעי כוכין להדדי אלא במעמיק הכא נמי במעמיק

each other! But [this. you would say, can be avoided] by digging [the overlapping chambers] deeper [than the others];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deeper in the ground and lower than the corresponding chambers in the other grotto. ');">⁷</span> in this case also, [the touching of chambers may be avoided] by digging [the corner chambers] into the wall deeper [than the adjacent ones]. R. Huna the son of R. Joshua stated: The [affected chambers in the] four grottos, according to R. Simeon, were made in the shape of palm-wigs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Fan shape; and this would avoid overlapping or coalescing and the necessity for deeper digging. ');">⁸</span>

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