Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Tosefta for Bava Batra 289:6

ואתא רבי יהודה הנשיא למימר באמת אמרו בין מת הוא ובין מתה היא מקום שנהגו להחזיר מחזירין מקום שנהגו שלא להחזיר אין מחזירין ולא מציא אמרה תנו לי בעלי ואשמח עמו

'In truth [the Sages] stated [that] whether he died. or she died. it Is to be returned where it is the custom to return; where it is the custom not to return.it [need] not [be] returned';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. B.M. 601. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> and she cannot say, 'Give me my husband and I will rejoice with him'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' May it. consequently. be assumed that only the first Tanna does, but that R. Judah does not allow the plea 'Give me husband etc.'? ');"><sup>16</sup></span> — No; all<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'all the world', i.e.. even R. Judah. ');"><sup>17</sup></span>

Tosefta Pesachim

In a place where their custom is to return the betrothal money [if the betrothed man or woman died before the marriage was consummated], they return it. In a place where their custom is not to return the betrothal money, they do not return it. In a place where their custom is to stand up and sit down [for eulogies at a funeral], they stand up and sit down. In a place where their custom is to not do it, they do not do. [Even where the custom is to stand up and sit down for eulogies,] one does not stand up and sit down more than seven times. In a place where their custom is to greet mourners on the Sabbath, they greet them. In a place where their custom is not to greet, they do not greet. In a place where the custom is for the mourners to walk behind the dead [in a funeral procession], they walk [behind them]. In a place where the custom is to not walk, they do not walk. In a place where their custom is to light candles on Yom Kippur Eve, they light candles. In a place where their custom is not to light, they do not light. Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar says, we light [candles] in inns and in mikvehs [on Yom Kippur Eve]. Those of whom it was said "they light," and those of whom it was said, "they do not light," they only said it in order [that people not become] accustomed to sin.
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