Quotation for Pesachim 52:1
הא לא דמיא אלא להא שכן עליה עוף כשירה עלה עליה זכר פסולה מ"ט
- This can only be compared to the following: If a bird rested upon it [the red heifer], it remains fit;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is not disqualified because it has been put to some use. The red heifer had to be one 'upon which never came yoke' (Num. XIX, 2) , i.e., it had not been put to service.');"><sup>1</sup></span> but if it copulated with a male, it is unfit. What is the reason? - Said R'Papa: If it were written ''abad'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Active: 'with which he (the owner) had (not) wrought'.');"><sup>2</sup></span>
Rashba on Niddah
This was only taught for the eulogy, but for burial it is forbidden. Because shatnez is not forbidden by the Torah, but rather wearing, and rising up [from the grave] is comparable to wearing, but the eulogy is only for an individual's honor, and is comparable to one who sells clothing [with shatnez to non-Jews] in the normal manner. However burial is comparable to wearing and because of this, wearing [shatnez] is forbidden for the one who says mitzvot aren't nullified [in the world to come].
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