Commentary for Moed Katan 52:12

הגיע לטיבורו מרחיק שלש אצבעות וקורע נתמלא מלפניו מחזירו לאחוריו נתמלא מלמעלה הופכו מלמטה והקורע מלמטה ומן הצדדין לא יצא אלא שכהן גדול פורם מלמטה

What is the reason [for this differentiation]? - Said R'Nahman B'Isaac, it is because there is no extension [of a rent] in their case.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosaf. s.v. fails to see the purport of this remark of R. Nahman b. Isaac and favours the view that the last clause ('because a rent made. .') is probably a gloss (and is in fact not found in Sem. I.e.) . Rabad, however, cited by Asheri, n. 71, explains the comment thus: Since a rent for a parent extends to the region of the heart (or even to the navel) , any extension of it (for another sorrow) would fail to be any indication thereof, as his friends would take the enlarged rent as the sign of the mourners excessive grief for his parent.');">¹¹</span> Samuel said: The halachah follows the view of R'Judah B'Bathyra.

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