Mesorat%20hashas for Moed Katan 29:25
אבל חייב בכפיית המטה דתני בר קפרא
A mourner is in duty bound to rend [his garments], because the All Merciful enjoined the sons of Aaron, 'Neither rend [your clothes]'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. X, 6. At the death of their brothers Nadab and Abihu, during their installation into their priestly office.');"><sup>49</sup></span> From here you infer that everyone else is bound to do it. What about one 'separated' [under a ban] rending his garments? It stands [adjourned]. What about the leper rending his garments? - Come and hear: 'His clothes shall be perumim'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XIII, 45. Cf. Supra p. 89, n. 2.');"><sup>50</sup></span> which means they shall be rent. [Yes], infer it. A mourner is bound to overturn his couch, because Bar Kappara taught:
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