Talmud for Bava Batra 2:9

מַרְחִיקִין אֶת הַנְּבֵלוֹת וְאֶת הַקְּבָרוֹת וְאֶת הַבֻּרְסְקִי מִן הָעִיר חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה. אֵין עוֹשִׂין בֻּרְסְקִי אֶלָּא לְמִזְרַח הָעִיר. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, לְכָל רוּחַ הוּא עוֹשֶׂה, חוּץ מִמַּעֲרָבָהּ, וּמַרְחִיק חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה:

Carcass (deposits), graveyards, and tanneries are distanced fifty cubits from the city. Tanneries are set up only in the east of the city. [For the east wind is harmful only if it comes for punishment. But under normal circumstances it is warm and blows gently and does not carry odors into the city.] R. Akiva says: He may set them up in all directions at a remove of fifty cubits, except west, [where he may not set them up at all, for the Shechinah is in the west. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Akiva.]

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