Quoting%20commentary for Zevachim 199:2

מת לו מת בי"ד וקברו בי"ד יום מיתה תופס לילו מדאורייתא מת לו מת בי"ג וקברו בי"ד יום קבורה מדרבנן אינו תופס לילו אלא מדרבנן

if the man died on the thirteenth and was buried on the fourteenth, [aninuth even on] the day of burial is [only] Rabbinical,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He holds that by Scriptural law aninuth applies only to the day of death.');">³</span> and it embraces the night [that follows only] by Rabbinical law.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And this Rabbinical law is waived in favour of the Passover-offering.');">⁴</span> Said R'Ashi to R'Mari: If so, when it is taught, R'Simeon said to him, The proof is that they [the Rabbis] said: An onen performs immersion and eats his Passover-offering in the evening, but [may] not [partake] of [other] sacrifices; let him [R'Judah] answer him: I speak to you of the day of death, [when one is an onen] by Scriptural law, whereas you tell me about the day of burial, [when aninuth is only] Rabbinical?

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