Commentary for Moed Katan 44:11

על כל המתים כולן קורע טפח על אביו ועל אמו עד שיגלה את לבו א"ר אבהו מאי קרא (שמואל ב א, יא) ויחזק דוד בבגדיו ויקרעם ואין אחיזה פחות מטפח

But then [in another version] it is taught: '[One may go] to a joyous [feast] after thirty [days] and to an entertainment of comrades [after] thirty days'? - This [discrepancy] is not difficult [to explain]; the latter [version] refers to a first<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There are various readings: D.S. reads - ; SBH: - from , 'to begin with'. Cf Ber. ');">¹⁵</span> [invitation to an] entertainment [of comrades], while the former [version] refers to a return entertainment<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when it is his turn to entertain or to attend and he cannot defer it or absent himself and therefore may hold his entertainment forthwith. So Han.');">¹⁶</span>

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