תלמוד על מועד קטן 51:27

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..

“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.