Commentary for Moed Katan 52:23

ואין מברין על מטות זקופות: ת"ר ההולך לבית האבל אם היה לבו גס בו יברוהו על מטות כפויות ואם לאו יברוהו על מטות זקופות

it is [a concession merely] out of the respect due to a woman.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. ibid. Not the law, whereas rending the garment is a duty according to the law for all, it is a tribute she owes to the dead, and like everybody else she should act in the regular way for all, i.e., rend anew.');">¹⁹</span> Again [said R'Zera], in regard to the one who says: ' Anytime during the thirty, one rends [anew for another],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is the last part of the quotation on which the argument turns.');">¹⁶</span>

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