Commentary for Moed Katan 38:12

בעא מיניה אביי (מרבא) קברו ברגל רגל עולה לו למנין שלשים או אין רגל עולה לו למנין שלשים למנין שבעה לא קמיבעיא לי דלא נהגא מצות שבעה ברגל כי קא מיבעיא לי למנין שלשים דקא נהגא מצות שלשים ברגל מאי

Does the festival enter into his counting of the thirty days, or does the festival not enter into his counting of the thirty days?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Formal mourning alter burial falls into three periods: (i) three days of weeping and (ii) up to the seventh day (part-inclusive) for lamenting with abstention from work and attention to the person; then (iii) down to the thirtieth day (part-inclusive) in slightly mitigated formal mourning.');">¹⁸</span> I am not asking about [counting the festival as part of] the seven days, because the 'due observance of seven [days of mourning] does not obtain during the festival;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Therefore it is certain that the mourner begins his observance of the seven after the festival; and as these had not begun, there was as yet no part to be taker, into account.');">¹⁹</span> but what I do ask is about the period of thirty days, because the 'due observance of thirty days does [partly] obtain during the festival;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For on it too, like during the thirty days, washing clothes and cropping hair are forbidden.');">²⁰</span>

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