Commentary for Moed Katan 52:11

עד היכן קורע עד טיבורו ויש אומרים עד לבו אע"פ שאין ראיה לדבר זכר לדבר שנאמר (יואל ב, יג) וקרעו לבבכם ואל בגדיכם

says: For all [near of kin he makes] one rent; for his father and/or mother<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Note the ambiguity indicated here by 'and/or', that is, either (a) a separate rent for father and mother jointly, quite apart from the rent made for the other near-of-kin on that occasion; or (b) a separate rent for each, even if the news of their deaths was communicated to him at the same moment. The former interpretation (with some reservations) is accepted by Ritba. V. infra n. 1.');">⁹</span> [he makes] another rent: because a rent made for one's father or mother is not to be added to.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. n. 1 suf'ra. Sem. IX reads as follows: One whose father and mother died (together) makes one rent for both; R. Judah b. Tema says: He makes a rent for this one separately and a rent for this one separately. rnt');">¹⁰</span>

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