Reference for Eruvin 70:11

דתנן נגע באחד בלילה ואינו יודע אם חי אם מת ולמחר השכים ומצאו מת רבי מאיר מטהר וחכמים מטמאין שכל הטמאות כשעת מציאתן

- in connection with this R'Dostai B'Jannai stated in the name of R'Meir: 'I have heard that hills are [treated as though they were] pierced' ,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 8a. Sc. the measuring of a hill or any elevation or depression in the way of the surveyors (cf. previous note) is carried out by a method which produces its horizontal distance, the measuring rope, manipulated in a certain manner (described infra 58b) being regarded as piercing it in a straight line and emerging on its other side.');">²⁰</span> Now if the idea could be entertained [that the laws of the Sabbath] limits are Pentateuchal [the difficulty would arise:] Is [the method of] piercing allowed [in such a case] seeing that R'Nahman has in fact stated in the name of Rabbah B'Abbuha [that the method of] piercing must not [be adopted] in the case of [the measurements around] the cities of refuge,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Num. XXXV, 11ff. Not only the cities themselves but also a limited area within a prescribed distance from each city affords the privilege of protection (cf. Mak. 11b) .');">²¹</span>

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