Commentary for Bava Batra 273:13

אמר רב יוסף אמר רבי יוחנן הלכה כרבן שמעון בן גמליאל ואפי' עשאן תכריכין למת פשיטא מהו דתימא לשוינהו איסורי הנאה לא יהבי לך קא משמע לן

to turn<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to make them'. ');">³⁵</span> into [something of which it is] forbidden to have any benefit<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'prohibitions of use'. A dead man's shroud may not be used for any other purpose, nor may any benefit be derived from it. (v. Sanh. 47b). ');">³⁶</span> so he taught us [that this is not so].

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