Commentary for Moed Katan 52:8

מת אביו מת אמו מת אחיו מתה אחותו קורע קרע אחד לכולן רבי יהודה בן בתירה אומר על כולן קרע אחד על אביו ואמו קרע אחד לפי שאין מוסיפין על קרע אביו ואמו

The initial rending is [to the extent of] one handbreadth and the extension may be as little as one cares.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'whatever it be'.');">⁵</span> Our Rabbis taught: If one was informed that his father died and he rent [his garment], [then] that his son died and he added thereto, the lower [inner portion] may be reunited; the upper parts is not to be reunited; that his son died and he rent his garment, [then] that his father died and he added thereto, the upper part may be reunited [and] the lower part<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the rent made for a parent.');">⁶</span>

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