Jewish%20thought for Taanit 31:1
למתבייש מאחרים והיכא מנח להו אמר רבי יצחק במקום תפילין שנאמר (ישעיהו סא, ג) לשום לאבילי ציון לתת להם פאר תחת אפר:
And where [on the head] does he put [the ashes]? -R'Isaac said: On the place of the phylacteries, as it is said, To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. LXI, 3. The Gemara takes the word , garland, to refer to the phylacteries. So Ber. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> Why do they go out to the open space [of the city]?
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