민수기 35:3 탈무드 참조: Jerusalem Talmud Sotah, Jerusalem Talmud Eruvin, Jerusalem Talmud Sheviit & Jerusalem Talmud Makkot

From where that one does not bury in a levitic city? Rebbi Abbahu¹²³Since the Mishnah, Erubin 5:4, requires that Sabbath domains be measured as one would do on a map, it seems impossible that R. Eliezer ben R. Yose the Galilean accept R. Aqiba’s opinion that the extent of the Sabbath domain is fixed in the Torah by the extent of the levitic cities, since the methods of measurement are different in both cases. The Babli, Note 122, gives as reason that for levitic cities and the breaking of the calf’s neck one has to measure on the ground, that these are measurements prescribed by the Torah. The obvious inference is that the distance indicated for the Sabbath domain is rabbinic. (The opponents of R. Aqiba hold that the biblical Sabbath distance is the diameter of the encampment of the Israelites in the plains of Jericho, which in both Talmudim is described as 12 mīl, 24 000 cubits; cf. Šebi‘it 6:1, Note 28). Therefore, it is permissible to extend the Sabbath domain even of a levitic city further than its political boundaries. in the name of Rebbi Yose bar Ḥanina: “Their open spaces shall be for their animals, their property, and their lives.”¹²⁴Num. 35:3. They were given for their animals and their lives; the were not given for burial¹²⁵The cemetery of the Levites has to be on the territory of the surrounding tribe..

¹²⁷Num. 35:3. From where that one does not bury in Levitic cities? Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Yose bar Ḥanina: And their open spaces shall be for their animals … and all their lives¹²⁸This paragraph is copied here only as an appendix to the preceding; it does not belong here.. They were given for living; they were not given for burials.

Jehudah from Ḥuṣī⁸²An otherwise unknown personage from tannaïtic times. Neither the tradition of his name nor that of his place are certain. hid himself in a cave for three days because he wanted to find the reason why the necessities of life of one’s town have precedence over the necessities of life of another town. He came to Rabbi Yose bar Ḥalaphta who asked him, where have you been? He said, I was hiding in a cave for three days because I wanted to find the reason why the necessities of life of one’s town have precedence over the necessities of life of another town. He called his son Rebbi Vardimos and said to him, answer, what is the reason why the necessities of life of one’s town have precedence over the necessities of life of another town. He said to him (Num. 35:15): “These [six] cities shall be”, each town shall live⁸³It seems that this is based on identifying ה and ח which not only where pronounced identically but also written almost identically, with the left leg of ה touching the roof slightly towards the middle, the left leg of ח being at the extreme left end and going up slightly over the roof. Since היה indicates permanency, one might also explain the argument that the first duty of the city government is to insure the continued survival of its inhabitants., and only afterwards their surroundings around them⁸⁴The surroundings are mentioned in slightly different formulations Num. 35:2,3. In the Babli, Nedarim 81a, verse 3 “their surroundings [of the Levitic town] shall be for its animals and its life-necessities” is explained (following R. Yose) “for its animals and clothes-washing.”. He [R. Yose] said to him [Jehudah from Ḥuṣi], what did cause you [this embarassment]? That you did not search with your companions!