Responsa for Moed Katan 44:3
ומעשה בגדול הדור אחד שמת אביו וביקש לחלוץ וביקש גדול הדור אחר שעמו לחלוץ ונמנע ולא חלץ
Said Abaye, The 'great man of the generation' referred to was Rabbi, and the [other] 'great man of the generation' that was with him was R'Jacob B'Aha [the elder]. Some say that 'the great man of the generation' was R'Jacob B'Alia and the [other] great man of the generation' that was with him was Rabbi.
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.
SOURCES: L. 227, 8, 9; cf. Mord., Moed katan, 891.
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