Quoting%20commentary for Shabbat 69:1
תרי תילתי מיל מאי בינייהו איכא בינייהו פלגא דדנקא
it must mean two thirds of a <i>mil</i>. What is the difference between them? — One half of a sixth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rabbah's period is one twelfth of a mil longer than R. Joseph's; above too Rabbah gives a longer period than R. Joseph. — In the East night comes more quickly than in the West. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> Now, it is the reverse in respect of a bee-hive.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi. Jast.: a loose wicker-work used for making bee-hives, etc. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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