Quoting%20commentary for Moed Katan 44:20

מאי לאו אפילו לנשיא לא לבר מנשיא

the rent together after seven [days] and [completely] reunites [the edges] after thirty [days]; for one's father or mother one tacks it together after thirty [days], but never reunites [t edges]; a woman tacks it together forthwith, out of the respect due to her. When R'Abin came [from Palestine] he said as citing R'Johanan: 'For all [other] dead, if one desires, he rends [his garment] with the hand, or if he desires he rends by an instrument; for one's father or mother one rends with the hand'.

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