Commentary for Berakhot 105:27
אמר רב יהודה אמר רב כל שמוציאין לפניו ביום ובלילה אין מברכין עליו וכל שאין מוציאין לפניו אלא בלילה מברכין עליו
Rab Judah said in the name of Rab: Over a light which they carry before [the corpse] by day or by night no benediction is to be made ; but we may say it over a light which is only carried before it at night.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
M.: Rab said.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
I.e. at the burial of an eminent person to pay him honour. This was the Roman custom; cf. D. C. A. p. 103.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
If the funeral takes place at the conclusion of the Sabbath.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Because it is used as illumination.
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