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It is so ironic we learn about the miracle of the expanding space of the temple following the tragedy of Meron where people were crushed …..may their memory be for a blessing...
Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav, “When they stood, they were extremely crowded, but when they bowed down they had a lot of room.”
This was one of the ten miracles that that Hashem did in the era of the First Beit Hamikdash — some of which were in the Beit Hamikdash and some of which were in Jerusalem. The mishna in Pirkei Avot (5:5) lists all ten miracles. The one referenced on our daf is the miracle that “They stood crowded but had ample space in which to prostrate themselves.”
Although these are all described as miracles, in his commentary on Aggada, Shem-Tov ibn Shaprut argues that they can all be explained rationally.