Halakhah for Shabbat 303:16

אמר רב יהודה מת שאין לו מנחמין הולכין י' בני אדם ויושבין במקומו ההוא דשכיב בשבבותיה דרב יהודה לא היו לו מנחמין

Rab Judah said: If there are none to be comforted for a dead person.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., there are no mourners. Lit., 'a dead person for whom there are no comforters'. ');">⁴¹</span> ten people go and sit in his place.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where he died, and engage in religious exercises such as prayer and study. ');">⁴²</span> A certain man died in the neighbourhood of Rab Judah. As there were none to be comforted,

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