Commentary for Eruvin 4:13

דלתות היכל לצניעות בעלמא הוא דעבידן

[The high figure] of Bar Kappara might quite well [be regarded as] an hyperbole;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But is not to be taken literally. It merely implies a figure much higher than that of twenty given by the Rabbis but not above that of forty. crk hcrk');">³³</span> but in respect of [the figures] of R.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' is obviously to be read as .');">³⁴</span> Judah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who mentions the lower figures of forty and fifty only. vsuvh crk');">³⁵</span>

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