[Avodah] How should we relate to numbers in Chazal?

[Marty Bluke via Avodah]

One more example:
Gittin 48a - The Gemara states that in Beitar there were 400 shuls, in each
shul there were 400 teachers of Torah and each teacher had 400 students.
That means there 400x400x400 = 64 million students learning Torah in Beitar
clearly a gross exaggeration.
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