Quoting%20commentary for Sanhedrin 93:2

כי היכי דתיהוי ליה כפרה לאבוה ומשום כפרה דאבוה משהו ליה ליקרא דישראל ישראל גופייהו ניחא להו דמיחלי יקרייהו לגביה

But if it [the respect paidto the dead] is in honour of the living, why [did he doso]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely he had no right to deprive the living of their due. ');">³</span> — It was in order that his fathermight obtain forgiveness. And for the sake of his father's atonement hedisregarded<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'delayed'. ');">⁴</span>

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