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Mishnah Oholot 18:2: There are three types of Beit Pras, one who plows over a grave, it may be planted with any tree but cannot be sown with any seeds except for seeds which will be cut. If he uprooted it, he must heap the threshing into it and sift it with two sieves, says Rabbi Meir. The Sages say, grain requires two sieves but legumes require three sieves. And he must burn the straw and the pea-stalks and it makes one impure by touching and by carrying but not by overshadowing.

שְׁלשָׁה בֵית פְּרָסוֹת הֵן, הַחוֹרֵשׁ אֶת הַקֶּבֶר, נִטַּעַת כָּל נֶטַע, וְאֵינָהּ נִזְרַעַת כָּל זֶרַע, חוּץ מִזֶּרַע הַנִּקְצָר. וְאִם עֲקָרוֹ, צוֹבֵר אֶת גָּרְנוֹ לְתוֹכוֹ וְכוֹבְרוֹ בִשְׁתֵּי כְבָרוֹת, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, הַתְּבוּאָה בִּשְׁתֵּי כְבָרוֹת, וְהַקִּטְנִיּוֹת בְּשָׁלשׁ כְּבָרוֹת. וְשׂוֹרֵף אֶת הַקַּשׁ וְאֶת הֶעָצָה, וּמְטַמֵּא בְמַגָּע וּבְמַשָּׂא, וְאֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא בְאֹהֶל:

Mishnah Oholot 18:3: A field in which a grave was lost, it may be sown with any seeds but cannot be planted with any tree, and trees are not maintained within it except for a shade-tree which does not bare fruits, and it makes one impure by touching and by carrying and by overshadowing.

שָׂדֶה שֶׁאָבַד קֶבֶר בְּתוֹכָהּ, נִזְרַעַת כָּל זֶרַע, וְאֵינָהּ נִטַּעַת כָּל נֶטַע. וְאֵין מְקַיְּמִין בָּהּ אִילָנוֹת, חוּץ מֵאִילַן סְרָק שֶׁאֵינוֹ עוֹשֶׂה פֵרוֹת. וּמְטַמֵּא בְמַגָּע וּבְמַשָּׂא וּבְאֹהֶל:

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