Jewish%20thought for Bava Batra 150:6
ושמא תאמר יש צער לעלות תלמוד לומר (ישעיהו ס, ח) מי אלה כעב תעופינה וכיונים אל ארובותיהם אמר רב פפא ש"מ האי עיבא תלתא פרסי מידלי
[an area of] three parasangs'. And lest you should think the ascent will be painful, it is expressly stated: <i>Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their cotes</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. LX, 8. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> R. Papa said: Hence it may be inferred that a cloud rises three parasangs.nbsp; R. Hanina b. papa said: The Holy One, blessed be He, wished to give to Jerusalem a [definite] size; for it is said: <i>Then said I 'Whither goest thou?' And he said unto me: 'To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof and what is the length thereof'</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Zech. II, 6. ');"><sup>16</sup></span>
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