Commentary for Niddah 113:35

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One further taught: If one ploughs a graveyard he forms thereby a beth ha-peras.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Peras is derived from a root meaning 'to crush' the bones being crushed by the plough. Aliter: 'Peras' means a 'half', the extent of the unclean area being half a furrow in each direction from the grave. Aliter: 'Peras' is derived from a root meaning 'to extend', the uncleanness being extended to an area larger than that of the grave. ');">³⁰</span>

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