Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 80:4

לנכרי מאי טעמא לא לאו משום דהדר מזבין לישראל

but it may be made into shrouds for a corpse.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because it can henceforth not be used for any other purpose, since the raiment of the dead is forbidden for general use. On the other hand, the corpse is not subject to any of the laws of the Torah, v. Shab. 30a.');">⁹</span> What is the reason [that it may] not [be sold] to a Gentile? Surely it is because he might resell it to an Israelite?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Then the same should apply here.');">¹⁰</span>

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