Responsa for Yevamot 126:15

אל תצר צרת מחר כי לא תדע מה ילד יום שמא מחר בא ואיננו נמצא מצטער על העולם שאין שלו מנע רבים מתוך ביתך ולא הכל תביא ביתך רבים יהיו דורשי שלומך גלה סוד לאחד מאלף

[were neglected]. They decreed against the use of baths, because ritual bathing [was not observed]. They exhumed the dead,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One of the religious laws of the Parsees forbade the pollution of the earth by the burial of corpses. As a result, the graves in the Jewish cemeteries were broken open, and the dead exhumed and thrown to the beasts and birds of prey. ');">⁴⁸</span> because rejoicings were held on the days of their<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The idolaters'. ');">⁴⁹</span> festivals; as it is said, Then shall the hand of the Lord be against you, and against your fathers,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I Sam, XII, 15. ');">⁵⁰</span> and Rabbah b. Samuel said that that<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The hand of the Lord against the fathers who were no more alive. ');">⁵¹</span>

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