Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 35:8
וכשהוא מנחם אחרים דרך כל העם עוברין בזה אחר זה והממונה ממצעו בינו לבין העם וכשהוא מתנחם מאחרים כל העם אומרים לו אנו כפרתך והוא אומר להן תתברכו מן השמים וכשמברין אותו כל העם מסובין על הארץ והוא מיסב על הספסל
[IN THIS MANNER] HE MAY GO WITH THEM AS FAR AS THE ENTRANCE OF THE GATE OF THE CITY. SO HOLDS R. MEIR. R. JUDAH SAID: HE MUST NOT LEAVE THE SANCTUARY, BECAUSE IT IS WRITTEN, NEITHER SHALL HE GO OUT OF THE SANCTUARY'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 12. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> WHEN HE CONSOLES OTHERS, IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR THE PEOPLE TO PASS ALONG, ONE AFTER THE OTHER,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In ordinary cases, after the burial, friends of the mourner passed by in a line and offered him comfort. In later times this was reversed, the friends standing in two rows, and the mourner passing between them. ');"><sup>15</sup></span>
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