Commentary for Eruvin 34:6

אמר רב חייא בר אשי מפני מה אמרו מים אחרונים חובה מפני שמלח סדומית יש שמסמא את העינים

- R'Bibi replied: Here we are dealing with a corpse that lay across a narrow path,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Blocking it entirely so that it is impossible to pass through without stepping over the corpse.');">⁶</span> and since permission was granted to remove it from the path<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So as to enable priests and others who observe levitical purity to use the path without contracting defilement.');">⁷</span>

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