Commentary for Moed Katan 41:2
א"ל התם לא כתיב ויעמד ויאמר הכא כתיב ויקם ויקרע
But surely it is taught: [And if she loose the shoe from off the foot of a grownup levir], whether he be standing or sitting or stooping, [the ceremony is valid]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Yeb. 103a.');"><sup>3</sup></span> - He replied: [It is because] there it is not written, 'And he stood and said';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The distinction is not clear, and texts vary; v. D.S. ad loc.');"><sup>4</sup></span> whereas here [in our instance] it is written, 'And Job rose and rent his mantle'.
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