Reference for Moed Katan 51:24
קורע על מקדש ומוסיף על ירושלים: ורמינהו אחד השומע ואחד הרואה כיון שהגיע לצופים קורע וקורע על מקדש בפני עצמו ועל ירושלים בפני עצמה
had slain Gedaliah and no man knew it that there come certain men from Shechem, front Shiloh and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven and their clothes rent and having cut themselves, with meal-offerings and frankincense in their hand to bring them in the house of the Lord.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. XLI. 4.5.');"><sup>33</sup></span> Said R'Helbo. as citing 'Ulla of Berai who reported R'Eleazar: One who sees the cities of Judah in their [state of] ruin, recites the verse: Thy holy cities are become a wilderness,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. LXIV, 9.');"><sup>34</sup></span>
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