Commentary for Moed Katan 46:9

ואמר ר' יוחנן תשמיש המטה איכא בינייהו

says,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sem. inserts: A mourner on Sabbath is as if he were no mourner.');">¹³</span> Since he re-enters into these several obligations [here mentioned] he enters into the obligation of all [religious duties].' [And commenting on this] R'Johanan said that the actual difference between them is the question of 'using the [marital] couch'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., marital intercourse during the Sabbath, which is otherwise forbidden during the week of mourning. Rabban Gamaliel's statement implies that he is permitted to use the marital couch on the Sabbath of the week of mourning. Conjugal rights are among the Scriptural obligations of a husband to his wife. Ex. XXI, 10 and cf. Keth. 61a.');">¹⁴</span>

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