Commentary for Moed Katan 45:3
ת"ר אבל שבת ראשונה אינו יוצא מפתח ביתו שניה יוצא ואינו יושב במקומו שלישית יושב במקומו ואינו מדבר רביעית הרי הוא ככל אדם
Our Rabbis taught: during the first week a mourner does not go out of the door of his house; the second week he goes out but does not sit in his [usual] place [in the synagogue];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sem. X.');"><sup>4</sup></span> the third week he sits in his [usual] place but does not speak; the fourth week he is like any other person. Says R'Judah: There was no need to say 'In the first week he does not go out of the door of his house', as then everybody comes into his house to comfort him; [what it should] rather [say is that] the second [week] he does not go out of the door of his house; the third [week] he goes out but does not sit in his [usual] place [in the synagogue]; the fourth [week] he sits in his place but does not speak; in the fifth [week] he is like any other person.
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