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One may establish an eiruv for a priest who is ritually pure with teruma that is ritually pure and resting on a grave, even though the location is impure and he cannot reach it. How does he go there? In a carriage, crate, or cupboard, which shield him from the ritual impurity.
The Talmud asks: Isn’t it true that once the eiruv was placed directly on the grave, the teruma became defiled, and ritually impure teruma is not fit to be eaten by anyone? The Talmud answers: We are dealing here with a case where the teruma had not yet been rendered susceptible to ritual impurity,
The Talmud now asks: How can he bring it from where it is resting on the grave in order to eat it? The Talmud answers: With flat wooden utensils that are not shaped as receptacles and therefore do not contract ritual impurity.
The Talmud asks: Doesn’t the utensil cover the grave? The rabbis decreed that anyone who holds a utensil that is a handbreadth wide over a corpse or grave is ritually impure. The Talmud answers: He may bring it on the edge of the utensil while holding the utensil sideways so that it does not form a
The Talmud asks: If that is so, and there is a way for the teruma to remain ritually pure and for the priest to access it, what is the reason the rabbis disagreed with R' Yehuda and did not allow an eiruv to be established for a priest on a grave? The Talmud answers: They hold that it is prohibited