Commentary for Bava Batra 200:9

מיתיבי אמרו לו אם כן אף בשבת מותר לעשות כן ואי אמרת בבית הקברות וביום א' בית הקברות בשבת מאי בעי בעיר הסמוכה לבית הקברות דאמטיוהו בין השמשות:

<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF ONE SELLS A PLOT [OF GROUND] TO ANOTHER AS A [FAMILY] GRAVE AND, LIKEWISE, IF ONE ACCEPTS [AN ORDER] FROM ANOTHER TO CONSTRUCT FOR HIM A [FAMILY] GRAVE, THE CENTRAL SPACE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Family graves were constructed in the form of a central grotto from which sepulchral chambers opened into the surrounding walls. ');">²¹</span> OF THE GROTTO MUST HAVE [AN AREA OF] FOUR CUBITS BY SIX.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The height of the grotto is to be, according to the Tosefta, four cubits. ');">²²</span> AND EIGHT SEPULCHRAL CHAMBERS ARE TO OPEN OUT INTO IT; THREE FROM [THE WALL ON] ONE SIDE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the two longer walls. ');">²³</span>

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