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and the priests are troubled by being forced to circumvent it, as it is prohibited for them to become ritually impure from contact with a corpse. There was suspicion, but no certainty, that a corpse was buried there. Therefore, they were unable to definitively determine its status. R' Shimon said:
A certain Elder said in ridicule and surprise: Ben Yoḥai purified the cemetery. R' Shimon got angry and said to him: Had you not been with us, and even had you been with us and were not counted with us in rendering this ruling, what you say is fine. You could have said that you were unaware of my
Mishnah: There are 3 things a person must say in his home on Friday at nightfall and not before. The Mishnah elaborates: He should ask the members of his household, have you tithed the crop that required tithing? Have you placed the eiruv for joining the courtyards and joining the Shabbat borders?
Talmud: The Talmud attempts to clarify: From where are these matters, that one must ask these questions in his home at nightfall of Shabbat, derived? R' Yehoshua ben Levi said: As the verse said: “And you shall know that your tent is in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin
The Talmud asks: This Mishnah itself is difficult, as it contains an internal contradiction. On the one hand, you stated initially that there are 3 things a person must say in his home before Shabbat at nightfall, and this means: At nightfall, i.e., before nightfall, yes, he should say those thi