Talmud for Moed Katan 40:14

ותניא אידך אף על פי שאמרו אינו רשאי לכוף את אשתו להיות כוחלת ולהיות פוקסת באמת אמרו מוזגת לו את הכוס ומצעת לו מטה ומרחצת לו פניו ידיו ורגליו קשיין אהדדי

[as usual], but he should overturn his [own] couch and observe [formal] mourning with her; and likewise she, when her fatherin-law or mother-in-law dies, may not put on kohl or do her hair [as usual]; but she should overturn her couch and observe [formal] mourning with him'. And another Baraitha taught: 'Although it was stated [that] he may not compel his wife to put on kohl or do her hair [as usual] it is - said they - indisputably correct25 that she [may] mix his wine for him, make his bed and wash his face, hands and feet'.26

Jerusalem Talmud Moed Katan

From where that the mourner has to rend while standing? As it is written, Job rose, rent his coat, and shore his head³⁴²Job 1:20.. Rebbi Judah bar Pazi in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: From here that the mourner has to rend while standing³⁴³Babli 20b, bottom.. As Rebbi Joḥanan said³⁴⁴This text is impossible since R. Yasa (Assi) was a student of R. Joḥanan. Qorban Haedah emends to: “When R. Joḥanan died.” This emendation is possible., Rebbi Yasa instructed to patch up the next day³⁴⁵The students who are mourners who are not required to keep the Seven days.. When Rebbi Yasa died, Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba instructed to wear shoes on the same day. Rebbi Ze`ira said, they do not disagree³⁴⁶While they disagree whether a mourner who is not a close relative has to show the signs of his mourning the entire day of the funeral or only to the end of the funeral services, they agree that wearing leather shoes and patching up the tear in the garment go together.. He who says to patch up the next day, one shall wear shoes the next day. He who says to wear shoes today one patches the same day.

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