Commentary for Yevamot 13:3

מולאחותו שבת שנדחה מפני עבודה אינו דין שתהא קבורת מת מצוה דוחה אותה ת"ל (שמות לה, ג) לא תבערו

might prove [the contrary], since it supersedes the Temple service<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A priest may defile himself by the burial of a meth mizwah though he thereby becomes disqualified from performing the Temple service. V. Meg. 3b. ');">⁵</span> and does not nevertheless supersede the Sabbath.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Burial is forbidden on the Sabbath. So also, it could be argued, the execution of a death sentence, though it supersedes the Temple service, need not necessarily supersede the Sabbath. ');">⁶</span>

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