Commentary for Moed Katan 40:3

רבי חייא לחוד רבי אחייה לחוד

Now from this instance we learn three lessons: We learn that a mourner is forbidden to don shoes;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 93.');">⁴</span> that distant tidings [entail formal mourning] but for one day; and that part of the day is [deemed] as all entire day's [mourning]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even in the case of a parent one short while and one simple demonstration of respectful, sorrowful mourning, such as doffing the shoes, are enough; as soon after R. Hiyya went to the baths, which is forbidden to a mourner for a recent bereavement. Cf supra p. 101.');">⁵</span> [In fact], R'Hiyya is one person and R'Ahiyya [whose son died in the Diaspora] is another person.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That is, do not confuse Ahiyya of the Baraitha with Hiyya, Rab's uncle as being the same person who had acted differently on two occasions, at receiving belated distant news of the loss of a son and again of the loss of parents. They are two different persons.');">⁶</span>

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