Commentary for Moed Katan 56:27
אמר ר' חמא בר חנינא מנין לחתן שמיסב בראש שנאמר (ישעיהו סא, י) כחתן יכהן פאר מה כהן בראש אף חתן בראש
After this opened Job his mouth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. III, 1.');"><sup>44</sup></span> Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. IV, 1.');"><sup>45</sup></span> Said R'Abbahu: Whence [derive we the practice] that the mourner reclines in the foremost place<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the table etiquette of the ancients, both in Palestine and in Babylon, v. Ber. 46b, where both R. Naliman b. Isaac and Mar Zutra mentioned here are among the persons taking part in the discussion on this point.');"><sup>46</sup></span>
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