Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Eruvin 81:7

בדורו של רבן גמליאל עבוד כר"ג בדורו של רבי יוסי עבוד כרבי יוסי

Said R'Meir: Although R'Gamaliel laid down that 'there is no need to interrupt it', he agrees nevertheless that [the fasts on these days] must not be concluded,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But must be broken on every one of these days before they respectively draw to a close.');"><sup>18</sup></span> and the same ruling applies to the Ninth of Ab that falls on a Sabbath eve.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ta'an 15b. Cf. previous note.');"><sup>19</sup></span> And it was further taught: After the death of R'Gamaliel,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Reading of marg. note. Cur. edd. in parenthesis, 'R. Simeon b. Gamaliel'.');"><sup>20</sup></span> R'Joshua entered [the academy] to abrogate his ruling,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. to lay down that the fast may be concluded even on a Sabbath eve in agreement with R. Jose.');"><sup>21</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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