Commentary for Moed Katan 51:26

תנו רבנן וכולן רשאין לשוללן ולמוללן וללוקטן ולעשותן כמין סולמות אבל לא לאחותן

He [first] makes a rent for the Holy Temple and then enlarges [the rent] for Jerusalem'. [In contrast to th some cited [the following Baraitha]: 'It is all the same whether one hears [that Jerusalem is fallen into ruin]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Enlarged according to the version in J.M.K. III, which is merely condensed in our texts.');">³⁶</span> or sees [Jerusalem in ruin he is] in duty bound to rend [his garment].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Enlarged according to the version in J.M.K. III, which is merely condensed in our texts.');">³⁶</span>

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