Commentary for Nedarim 131:13

ומעשה באחד שנדר מבת אחותו הנייה והכניסוה לבית ר' ישמעאל וייפוה אמר לו ר' ישמעאל בני מזו נדרת אמר לו לאו והתירה ר' ישמעאל

AND WHEN R. ISHMAEL DIED, THE DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL RAISED A LAMENT, SAYING, YE DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL WEEP FOR R. ISHMAEL. AND THUS IT IS SAID TOO OF SAUL, YE DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL, WEEP OVER SAUL.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Sam. I, 24. — In ancient days women were professional mourners, and chanted dirges in chorus at the bier of the dead. ');">¹⁰</span>

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