As soon as he reaches the Scopus he rends; and he rends for the holy Temple separately and for Jerusalem separately'? - This [seeming discrepancy] is not difficult [to explain]. The former ruling obtains where he first [of all] encounters the sit of the [ruined] Sanctuary<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Without somehow having caught sight of the ruins of Jerusalem on entering the city, travelling in a covered van, for instance or entering at dusk. He then rends first for the ruined Sanctuary and enlarges the rent on beholding the ruins of Jerusalem.');"><sup>37</sup></span> and the latter, where he encounters Jerusalem [ruins] first [and afterwards the Sanctuary]. Our Rabbis taught: 'And all these [rents] they may tack together,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Soon after, the next day.');"><sup>38</sup></span> baste or pick up [the frayed edges]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' With a herringbone or cross stitch.');"><sup>39</sup></span> or with a ladderstitch, but may not reunite the edges [by a sewn seam]'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sew up permanently.');"><sup>40</sup></span> Said R'Hisda:
Jerusalem Talmud Moed Katan
Ten tears may not be mended artistically: He who tears for his father, and for his mother, and for his teacher who taught him wisdom, and for the Patriarch, and for the Chief Judge, and because of bad news, and because of blasphemy, and because of burning Torah, and for Jerusalem, and for the Temple288Babli 26a, Semaḥot 9..
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Jerusalem Talmud Moed Katan
“And for Jerusalem, and for the Temple.” There came men from Sichem and from Shilo and from Samaria, eight men with shaved beards and torn garments, the first tear is one hand-breadth, the addition anything327Jer. 41:5. Babli 26a.. One who was informed that Jerusalem was destroyed like one who sees Jerusalem in its destruction has to tear. He who sees Jerusalem from Mount Scopus has to tear328Babli 26a.. There are Tannaim who state, he adds to the tear. There are Tannaim who state, the first tear is one hand-breadth, the addition anything329Not nothing but possibly less than the smallest unit of measurement in use.. There are Tannaim who state, the first tear is one hand-breadth, the addition three finger-breadths. Rebbi Yose, Rebbi Jeremiah in the name of Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba; Rebbi Ḥizkiah, Rebbi Jeremiah in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: Practice follows him who said, the first tear is one hand-breadth, the addition anything.
