Reference for Yoma 27:2
וכי האי גוונא מי חיילא עליה אנינות והא מיגרשא נהי דאנינות לא חייל עליה אטרודי מי לא מיטריד
Have we not learnt, R'Judah said: WE ALSO PROVIDE ANOTHER WIFE FOR HIM, LEST HIS WIFE DIE? Now when his wife dies he may perform the service [on the same day] without R'Judah becoming apprehensive lest he eat? -He replied: Now is this so?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This analogy is incorrect.');"><sup>3</sup></span> There, because it is the Day of Atonement, on which all the world does not eat, he, too, would not be likely to eat, but here [on any day] when all the world is eating, he would also be ready to eat - But under such conditions<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since he would rush to the synagogue during her coma so that she would be divorced from him as soon as he entered it (v. infra) , hence how could he be considered a mourner for his divorced wife. It is interesting to observe that sudden death does not enter among the many possibilities considered in this discussion. It would invalidate the suggestion of his leaving for the synagogue as soon as his wife was near death.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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