Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 197:4

מתקיף לה אביי ודלמא בולטין כתרנגולין הוו קיימי מתקיף לה רבא ודלמא זה שלא כנגד זה הוו קיימי מתקיף לה רב אחא בר יעקב ודלמא באלכסונא הוו קיימי

Consequently it must be inferred that they stood by a miracle. Abaye demurred: They might have been standing [with their bodies] protruding [under the wings] like [those of] hens!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whose wings touch each other on their backs, the entire bodies being covered by the wings. ');">¹⁰</span> Raba demurred: perhaps they did not stand opposite one another!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Their wings overlapping sideways. ');">¹¹</span>

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