Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 301:5

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> מחשיכין על התחום לפקח על עסקי כלה ועל עסקי המת להביא לו ארון ותכריכים נכרי שהביא חלילין בשבת לא יספוד בהן ישראל אא"כ באו ממקום קרוב עשו לו ארון וחפרו לו קבר יקבר בו ישראל ואם בשביל ישראל לא יקבר בו עולמית:

AN ISRAELITE MAY BE BURIED THEREIN. BUT IF [HE MADE IT] FOR THE SAKE OF AN ISRAELITE, HE MAY NEVER BE BURIED THEREIN.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [According to Maim. the reference is to the Israelite for whom the grave was dug. He may not, that is to say. be buried even [H] i.e., after sufficient time has elapsed after the termination of the Sabbath for the grave to be dug.] ');">⁹</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. What does FROM A NEAR PLACE mean? Rab said: Literally from a near place.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' We must know this for certain, having seen that he had them in his house within the city. ');">¹⁰</span>

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