Related%20passage for Moed Katan 53:15

אמר רבי יעקב בר אחא אמר רבי יהושע בן לוי הלכה כרבן שמעון בן גמליאל (איתמר נמי) אמר רבי יעקב בר אחא אמר רבי אסי מטה שנקליטיה יוצאין זוקפה ודיו

It may be just as exceptional as eating and drinking [with the king], because heretofore they [the people] did not provide for him food and drink, whereas now [in his mourning] they do provide for him food and drink! But, if difficulty there be [in the offered explanation] it arises from what is taught: 'There is no need to overturn a dargesh, but he [merely] tilts it up'. Now if dargesh be a 'Couch of Fortune' why is there no need to overturn it, surely it is taught: 'One who [has to] overturn his bed overturns not his own bed alone but all the beds he has in his house! And what is this difficulty?

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