Quotation for Berakhot 38:1
העומדים בשורה וכו': ת"ר שורה הרואה פנימה פטורה ושאינה רואה פנימה חייבת רבי יהודה אומר הבאים מחמת האבל פטורין מחמת עצמן חייבין:
As for those who stand in the row, etc. Our Rabbis have taught : The row which looks upon the inner space is exempt [from reading the Shema']; but the row which does not look upon the inner space is under the obligation. R. Judah says : Those who come out of regard for the mourner are exempt ; but those who come on their own account are under the obligation.
Tosefta Berakhot
They have buried the dead [person] and lined up in a row. The [outer] row that sees the inner [row] is exempt [from saying the Shema] and the [outer] row that does not see the inner [row] is obligated [to say the Shema]. Rebbi Yehudah says, “If there is only one row there, then those who are standing there for the sake of honor [of the dead] are obligated [to say the Shema], [and those who are standing there] for the sake of the mourner are exempt [from saying the Shema].” [Later] they went down to eulogize [the dead person]. The people that see the inner row are exempt [from saying the Shema], and some say, “those who are behind them [are exempt as well].” And those that do not see the inner row are obligated [to say the Shema]. The one that says the eulogy and all of those who are involved in the eulogy stop [the eulogy] to read the Shema, but they do not stop [the eulogy] to pray [the Shmoneh Esreh]. It happened [once] that the Rabbis stopped [the eulogy] for the reading of the Shema and [the] prayer [of Shmoneh Esreh].
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