וקורין שבעה ויוצאין רבי יהושע בן קרחה אומר לא שילכו ויטיילו בשוק אלא יושבין ודומין
and seven persons read [the weekly portions of the Torah]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But pray individually, not as a congregational service. So Rashi. This however is contradicted by a responsum of Natronai Otz. Hag. (Lewin) n. 91.');"><sup>1</sup></span> and thereafter they come away. R'Joshua B'Korhah says, Not that they go and walk about in the street but they sit [at home] in silence.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Han. Alfasi, MS.M. etc. read: 'sit in anguish'. Sem. X (end) enlarges: They sit or stand saddened and are like people who have Parnes (leader) . When the time of rising arrives they minimize their affairs and rise'. vguna');"><sup>2</sup></span>
Tractate Semachot
How is it with marriage? It is forbidden to hold a marriage feast within the thirty days [of mourning], but if his meat is prepared and his father or mother-in-law died, he brings the bride into the bridal chamber, performs the act of consummation and then separates himself from her [until] after the seven days. When does this apply? Only if his father or mother-in-law died; but if his wife died, he is forbidden to remarry until three Festivals have gone by. R. Judah said: Until two Festivals have gone by, and he brings [her into the marital chamber] on the third. When does this apply? Only if he has children, but if he has no children or his children are young, it is permitted for him to remarry within thirty days. It happened that R. Ṭarfon’s wife died, and he said to her sister within the days of mourning, ‘Be my wife and bring up your sister’s children’. Nevertheless he did not cohabit with her until after the thirty days.
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