Commentary for Sukkah 47:9

בין למאן דאמר שמא תמות בין למאן דאמר שמא תברח מדאורייתא מחיצה מעליא היא ורבנן הוא דגזרו בה אלא מעתה לרבי מאיר תטמא משום גולל אלמה תנן רבי יהודה מטמא משום גולל ורבי מאיר מטהר

Now whether according to the one who says: Lest it die, or according to the one who says, Lest it escape, according to Toraitic law it is a valid partition, and it is the rabbis who made a restrictive enactment against it. But if this is so, according to R. Meir, it should convey uncleanliness [if it is used] as a covering stone of a grave, why then have we learned: R. Judah says it is subject to the laws of uncleanliness that are applicable to the covering tone of a grave, while R. Meir declares it unsusceptible to such uncleanliness?

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