Commentary for Eruvin 93:26

ר' יוסי אומר אף בזמן שמוצא ללמוד נמי יטמא לפי

If he is a priest<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though forbidden to come in contact with levitical uncleanness.');">⁶³</span> he may incur [the risk of] defilement by going outside the Land<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of Israel, sc. palestine. All countries outside Palestine are suspected of levitical uncleanliness (cf. Shab. 15a) .');">⁶⁴</span> to litigate with them and to contest the claims. And just as he may risk defilement without the Land so may he defile himself by entering a graveyard. Is not this a defilement Pentateuchally forbidden? - A grave area<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Beth ha-Peras, a field in which a grave has been ploughed and every part of which becomes in consequence the possible repository of a fraction of a human bone which conveys defilement, v. supra 26b.');">⁶⁵</span> rather which is only Rabbinically forbidden is to be understood."&gt; One may also incur the risk of defilement for the sake of taking a wife or studying the Torah. R'Judah said: This applies only where a man cannot find [in the home country] a place in which to study but when he can find there a place for study he may not risk his defilement. R'Jose said: Even when he can find there a place where to study he may also risk defilement since

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