Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Eruvin 81:10

אמר רב יוסף לא שמיע לי הא שמעתא אמר ליה אביי את אמרת ניהלן ואהא אמרת ניהלן אין גוזרין תענית על הצבור בראשי חדשים וכו' ואמרינן עלה אמר רב יהודה אמר רב זו דברי רבי מאיר שאמר משום רבן גמליאל אבל חכמים אומרים מתענה ומשלים

of R'Jose<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who flourished after R. Gamaliel.');"><sup>28</sup></span> they acted in agreement with the views of R'Jose. But [could it be maintained] that 'in the time of R'Gamaliel the people acted in agreement with the view of R'Gamaliel'? Was it not in fact taught: R'Eleazar son of R'Zadok<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is the reading according to marg. glos. Cur. edd. insert 'son of' in parenthesis and omit the 'R.' before Zadok. MS.M. Eliezer', omitting his father's name.');"><sup>29</sup></span>

Teshuvot Maharam

A. A baal-berith (the person who holds the child during circumcision) is permitted to change his clothes and to bathe on the day the child is circumcised, even if such day be within his "period of mourning" (thirty days). The prohibition against changing one's clothes and bathing within the "period of-mourning" is based on custom and does not apply to persons performing a Mitzvah (religious duty). Within the thirty days of mourning, however, a person is not permitted to take part in a religious banquet, though one is permitted to return a visit to a secular feast. Therefore, the baal-berith is not permitted to take part in the banquet following circumcision.
SOURCES: L. 227, 8, 9; cf. Mord., Moed katan, 891.
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