Commentary for Moed Katan 55:1

אלא חיה אבל שאר נשים מניחין

with reference to a woman who died in childbirth,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For obvious reasons of delicacy; they might stain their clothing and bier.');">¹</span> but [that of] other women may be set down [in the broadway]. R'Eleazar says: [The rule applies] even to other women, as it is written: And there Miriam died and was buried there,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XX, 1, 'There' being repeated twice.');">²</span> which shows that her death was close to her [place of] burial.

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