Jewish%20thought for Bava Metzia 172:4
התם תלתא תורי לתלתא גברי הכא לכל ישראל ויהודה שנאמר (מלכים א ד, כ) יהודה וישראל רבים כחול אשר על (שפת) הים
— There the three calves were for three men, whereas here [the provisions enumerated] were for all Israel and Judah, as it is written, <i>Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Kings IV, 20. ');"><sup>6</sup></span> What is meant by <i>'fatted fowl'</i>? — Rab said: [Fowls] fed against their will. Samuel said: [Fowls] naturally fat. R. Johanan said: Oxen which had never toiled<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The idleness made them extra fat. ');"><sup>7</sup></span>
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