Responsa for Shabbat 278:1
ולא ידענא אי מלפניה אי מלאחריה ואתו לקמיה דרבי יוחנן ואמר להו יתעסקו ביה עממין
though I do not know whether it preceded or followed it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., whether the Festival fell on Friday on which day the death occurred, so that it had to be buried on the same day, or whether it fell on Sunday and the death occurred on the Sabbath, so that the burial could not be delayed any longer. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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