Mesorat%20hashas for Rosh Hashanah 39:12

ולמ"ד משום מתיא לעבריה משום ירקיא אפשר בחמימי

we prolong Elul [to prevent this], but according to him who says it is because of the [unburied] dead, [we do not do so], because they can be attended to by heathens. But even if we accept the view that it is because of the [unburied] dead, let us still prolong Elul on account of the vegetables? - Vegetables can be [freshened by being put] in hot water.

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