Moed Katan 23a (כג.) — the Talmud in English

And the members of the kenesset enter the synagogue

and read

from the Torah scroll

seven

readers, but they do not pray with the congregation; rather, each one prays individually,

and they leave .

Rabbi Yehoshua ben Korḥa says: They did not need to go out and stroll in the marketplace; rather, they sit and remain silent,

and are silent.

And they do not recite a halakhic teaching or aggada in the

mourner’s house .

It was said about him, Rabbi Ḥananya ben Gamliel, that he would recite a halakhic teaching and aggada in the mourner’s house .

It was said about him, Rabbi Ḥananya ben Gamaliel, that he would recite a teaching and an aggadic passage in the mourner’s house. .

The Sages taught: During the mourner’s first Shabbat,

the first week—

he does not leave the entrance of his house .

The second—

he leaves

his house

but does not sit in his usual place,

the place where he regularly sits; rather, he changes his place of sitting .

The third— he sits in his place and does not speak . The fourth— he is like everyone else . Rabbi Yehuda says: They did not need to say, “During the first Shabbat he does not leave the entrance of his house,” for it is obvious that he would not leave the entrance of his house— for everyone enters

The third—

he sits in his place but does not speak. .

The fourth—

he is like everyone else. .

there

to console him .

Rather, this is what they said: The second—

then

his house to comfort him. .

he does not leave the entrance of his house.

The third—

he leaves but does not sit in his place.

The fourth—

he sits in his place and does not speak.

The fifth—

he is like everyone else.

The Sages taught: For all thirty days

of mourning, they are prohibited

to marry .

And if his wife dies— he is forbidden to marry another woman until three pilgrimage festivals have passed for him .

of mourning, one is prohibited

from marrying. .

Rabbi Yehuda says:

As long as only

the first and second festivals

have passed for him

after his wife’s death,

he is forbidden

to marry another woman.

And although the third festival has not yet passed for him— he is permitted to marry a woman . And if he has no children—

he is prohibited

from marrying another woman.

he is permitted to marry

a woman

immediately, because of neglect of the mitzva of procreation .

And likewise, if

she left him young children— he is permitted to marry immediately, for their support, so that she will care for them .

An incident occurred: The wife of Yosef Ha-Kohen died. And he said to her sister, while they were still in the cemetery: “Go and provide for your sister’s children!” That is, he betrothed her and married her immediately . Nevertheless, he did not have relations with her until a long time afterward. The Gemara explains: What is meant by “a long time afterward”? Rav Pappa said: After thirty days . The Sages taught: For all thirty days of mourning, they are prohibited to wear pressed garments. The prohibition against wearing ironed garments . Both garments clothing that is new, and both garments clothing that is old, which emerge now from the press, since they are like new ones .

he is permitted to marry

a woman

immediately, because of the neglect of the commandment to be fruitful and multiply. .

And likewise, if

she left him young children—

he is permitted to marry immediately, for the sake of providing for them,

so that she will care for them.

There was an incident in which the wife of Yosef the koen—a member of the priestly family with special Temple status—

died. And he said to her sister

while they were still

in the cemetery: “Go and provide for your sister’s children!”

That is, he betrothed her and married her immediately.

Nevertheless, he did not have marital relations with her until a long time later.

And the Gemara explains:

What is meant by “a long time later”?

Rav Pappa said: After thirty days.

The Sages taught: Throughout the entire thirty days

of mourning, one is prohibited

from wearing pressed garments.

That is, it is prohibited to wear garments that have been ironed.

Both garments

that are new,

and garments

that are old,

that are

that

now coming out

now

of the pressing machine are prohibited, because they are like new garments.

Rabbi says: They prohibited only

wearing

new garments

that have been pressed

only .

Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, says: They prohibited only

wearing

new white garments only.

Abaye went out in a worn woolen garment,

that is, in an old, pressed white garment that was not new, because he held

in accordance with Rabbi

that they prohibited only new garments, but did not prohibit old, white garments that had been pressed.

Rava went out in a ḥimutzta

a tunic,

Roman

Roman,

red

red,

new,

in a new red garment [which was not white], because he held

in accordance with Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon,

that they prohibited only pressed white garments.

We learned in the Mishna:

For they said: Shabbat counts toward the period of mourning but does not interrupt it.

And the people of Judea and the people of Galilee disagreed regarding the conduct of mourning on Shabbat,

the people of Judea and the people of Galilee.