Talmud for Rosh Hashanah 39:9
מאי טיבותא עולא אמר משום ירקיא רבי אחא בר חנינא אמר משום מתיא
R'Aha B'Hanina said: On account of the [unburied] dead.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which would commence to decompose if kept over two days.');"><sup>11</sup></span> What difference does it make [in practice which view we adopt here]? - There is a difference, in the case of a Day of Atonement coming just after Sabbath.
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