Commentary for Moed Katan 29:13

וניפשוט מינה למנודה אמר רב אחא בר פנחס משמיה דרב יוסף מי קתני שאסור שיהא כמנודה וכאבל [קתני] במילי אחרנייתא ואסור נמי בשאילת שלום

What about one 'separated' [under a ban] in regard to [abstaining from] the usual greeting?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'ask after peace'. E.g., Gen. XXIX, 6: 'Is it (peace) well with him? 'Is well': ibid. XLIII, 27. To ask such a question would be invidious and a happy reply even painful to the mourner who is in deep sorrow.');">²³</span> - R'Joseph said, Come and hear: And in regard to greeting one another 'with peace', as man to man, they [that are fasting]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' on account of the prolonged drought.');">²⁵</span> behave like persons who are 'separated' [under a ban] by the Omnipresent.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Ta'an. 12b.');">²⁶</span>

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