Commentary for Berakhot 6:17
ואמר רבי זריקא אמר רבי אמי אמר רבי יהושע בן לוי אין אומרין בפני המת אלא דבריו של מת
R. Zerika also stated that R. Ammi said in the name of R. Joshua b. Levi : In the presence of the dead, we should only speak of matters relating to the dead.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
M.: R. Simeon b. Lakish. Bacher adopts this as correct; see A. P. A. I. p. 131 n. 5.
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Tosafot on Berakhot
And Rav Alfasi decided in the name of Rav Hai, this only applies with words of Torah. However, other topics are not an issue. Also, it is only within four cubits of the dead.
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