Commentary for Moed Katan 42:13

אי הכי התם נמי התם מודע להו ולא מהדר להו הכא לא צריך לאודועינהו

- Said R'Idi B'Abin: The mourner enquires about the peace of others [within his period of mourning]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Within the thirty days.');">¹⁸</span> because others' are abiding in peace; others enquire not about the peace of the mourner, because he is not abiding in peace [but in sorrow].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [I.e., the two Baraithas are not contradictory: whereas the former teaches that the mourner may greet others within the thirty days, the latter forbids others to greet him within, that period.]');">¹⁹</span>

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