Impurity of a Field in which a Grave was Lost

Please note that, for the purpose of this document, a "Beit haPeras" is a field in which a grave is known to have existed, and which was plowed over such that the grave cannot be identified.

The Law

How much of a field becomes a Beit haPeras if a grave is plowed into it: Temurah 13a

Impurity of a Field in which a Grave was Lost is Rabbinic: Berachot 19b; Ketuvot 28b

Allowing a Kohen to acquire this impurity in leaving Israel for a property claim against a Nochri, or to study Torah, or to marry: Eruvin 47a-b

Testifying from a childhood memory that a field was a Field in which a Grave was Lost: Ketuvot 28a

Checking a Field in which a Grave was Lost in order to allow someone to bring a Pesach Offering or eat Terumah: Pesachim 92b

Whether a Beit haPeras which is plowed over with surrounding fields then turns those fields into a Beit haPeras: Temurah 12a, 12b-13a

Keeping the meal which extends the limits on Shabbat travel outside a town [Techum Shabbat] in a field in which a grave has been lost [Beit haPeras], for a Kohen: Eruvin 26b-27a, 30b-31a

For an Entrant to Blow the dirt away in front of himself as he walks: Berachot 19b; Eruvin 30b; Pesachim 92b, Ketuvot 28b

Plowing it over: Berachot 19b; Pesachim 92b; Ketuvot 28b

Plowing it over with one's feet, in walking: Eruvin 30b

Escorting a mourner through such an area when leaving a cemetery, to show him honor: Berachot 19b



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