Commentary for Bava Batra 200:8

אביי אמר בהא נמי טעה שאין עושין אלא בבית הקברות והוא עשה בעיר רבא אמר בהא נמי טעה שאין עושין אלא במקום שנהגו והתם לא נהוג

may be arranged only where they are the local practice, but there, these were not the practice. An objection was raised: [It has been stated that] they said unto him, 'If so, such [procedure] should be permitted on the Sabbath also'. Now, if it is said [that the ceremonial is to take place] in the graveyard and on the first day [only], [for] what [purpose] is the graveyard required on the Sabbath?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely burial on the Sabbath is forbidden ');">¹⁹</span> — In [the case of] a town which is near a graveyard [and the dead] was brought [to burial] at twilight.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the Sabbath eve. In such a case the ceremonial would be performed on the Sabbath (V. p. 420, n. 10). Though the night forms, for general purposes, the beginning of the following day, in respect of the mourning on the first day of the death an exception is made, and the night is held to follow the previous day. Sabbath eve can accordingly be regarded for the purpose as Friday. viz., the first day of the burial. ');">²⁰</span>

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