Commentary for Pesachim 171:11

ולמה היו אחת גדולה ואחת קטנה שיהיו האומנין נוטלין בקטנה ומחזירין בגדולה כדי שלא יבואו לידי מעילה ותרתי למה לי אחת לכספא ודהבא ואחת לבנינא

We learned: THE WINDOWS AND THE THICKNESS OF THE WALL ARE AS THE INSIDE. As for the windows, it is well, this being possible where they were level with the ground of the Temple Court; but how is the thickness of the wall conceivable?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For by the thickness of the wall must be meant the top, which is the same as the upper chambers and the roofs, while the top of the city wall was certainly not on a level with the Temple Mount.');">²²</span> - It is possible in the case of the inner wall,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A smaller wall on the inside of the larger wall; the top of the former was level with the greatest height of the ground of the Temple Court, which itself reached several different heights in gradient.');">²³</span>

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