Commentary for Moed Katan 43:14
על כל המתים כולן רצה ממעט בעסקו רצה אינו
If it was the day before the Sabbath or a festival,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When delay involves keeping the body till the day after their termination.');"><sup>12</sup></span> [or if pouring rain was falling on it], he is praiseworthy, as he expedites [the interment] out of deference to his father or mother. For all [other] dead, if he desires, he minimizes his business<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., his business affairs (Rashi) before the funeral. Or, according to Han. quoting Palestinian Talmud, he minimizes the expenses of the funeral and lament. Cf. J.M.k. III, 8.');"><sup>13</sup></span> or if he does not desire,
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