Commentary for Moed Katan 46:12

וע"כ לא קאמר ר"ג התם דאכתי לא חל אבילות עליה אבל הכא דחל אבילות עליה הכי נמי

save only because his dead is still laid out in front of him; but here,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the Mishnah which deals with mourning after the burial.');">¹⁹</span> he might not [forbid].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The conjugal couch on the Sabbath.');">²⁰</span> Again, Rabban Gamaliel there<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the Baraitha which deals with the case before burial.');">²¹</span> would not have gone so far as to allow,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The conjugal couch on the Sabbath.');">²⁰</span> save only because there<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the Baraitha which deals with the case before burial.');">²¹</span> the incidence of mourning has not yet occurred;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The observance of formal mourning does not begin till after the funeral.');">²²</span> whereas here,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the Mishnah which deals with mourning after the burial.');">¹⁹</span> where the incidence of mourning has already occurred, he might also [forbid].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The conjugal couch on the Sabbath.');">²⁰</span>

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