Commentary for Moed Katan 45:1

וקורין שבעה ויוצאין רבי יהושע בן קרחה אומר לא שילכו ויטיילו בשוק אלא יושבין ודומין

and seven persons read [the weekly portions of the Torah]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But pray individually, not as a congregational service. So Rashi. This however is contradicted by a responsum of Natronai Otz. Hag. (Lewin) n. 91.');">¹</span> and thereafter they come away. R'Joshua B'Korhah says, Not that they go and walk about in the street but they sit [at home] in silence.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Han. Alfasi, MS.M. etc. read: 'sit in anguish'. Sem. X (end) enlarges: They sit or stand saddened and are like people who have Parnes (leader) . When the time of rising arrives they minimize their affairs and rise'. vguna');">²</span>

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