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אמר אביי הלכה כאבא שאול ביום שבעה ומודים חכמים לאבא שאול ביום שלשים דאמרינן מקצת היום ככולו

And the Nehardeans<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Represented by R. Han., Sanh. 17b. Also by R. Nahman b. Isaac (according to another source) . V. A. Hyman, Toledoth II, p. 919.');">¹⁰</span> say the halachah follows Abba Sauls view in both instances, because Samuel stated that in matters appertaining to mourning the halachah is to follow the view of the more lenient authority. Whence [in Scripture] do we derive the term of thirty days [of mourning]? - It is obtained by an analogy<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This question interrupts the discussion. The method of equalling two texts is gezerah shawah, v. Glos.');">¹¹</span>

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