Related%20passage for Moed Katan 37:7
מפני שאמרו שבת עולה ואינה מפסקת רגלים מפסיקין ואינן עולין
<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>IF ONE BURIES HIS DEAD THREE DAYS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 20a. vrzd');"><sup>8</sup></span> BEFORE A FESTIVAL, THE RESTRICTIONS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' means generally a restrictive measure. (Cf. Be. 4b, 8b, 36b) . Here it refers to the abstention, during the seven days of mourning, from work and bodily comforts - bathing, anointing, footwear and fresh clean clothes, i.e., the maintenance of a neglected disconsolate appearance in honour of the deceased. The public, religious, festive rejoicing suspends, or according to some, cancels the formal observance of sorrow.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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