Quoting%20commentary for Chagigah 16:13

האי סתם היכי דמי אילימא דליכא שהות ביום לקרב האי דלא אקרבינהו דליכא שהות ביום

Inexplicit [separation], what is that case [that he left half of them over for later]? If you'll say [the reason he didn't bring half of them is because] there was not enough time in the day to bring them, that means they weren't brought because there was not enough time in the day [and he ostensibly separated them for the first day].

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