Commentary for Moed Katan 41:16

רבא אמר כיון שהניח שוב אינו חולץ והא רבא הוא דאמר הלכה כתנא דידן דאמר שלשה

And what of R'Eliezer too, surely it is written, 'And the day thereof [I will make] as a bitter day'? - The poignancy of the bitterness is but on one day. Said 'Ulla: The halachah follows R'Eliezer in regard to taking off [the phylacteries]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That he need not take them off on the third day at the entry of fresh visitors.');">²²</span> and R'Joshua in regard to putting on [the phylacteries].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the second day.');">²³</span> They enquired: What of the second day [of mourning]. according to 'Ulla? Does he [at the entrance of fresh personages] have to take them off, or does he not [have to] take them off? - Come and hear: 'Ulla said: He takes them off and puts them on [the second day] even a hundred times'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Each time at the entry of new visitors, to show the visitors that he has not been disregarding the law hitherto.');">²⁴</span> Likewise it is taught: Judah B'Tema Says, He takes them off and puts them on even a hundred times. Raba said, Having put them on he does not take them off. But was it not Raba who said [above],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' ');">²⁵</span> The halachah follows our Tanna [of the Mishnah],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 19a.');">²⁶</span> who says [that the minimum observance of formal mourning is] three [days]?

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