## Moed Katan Daf 26b

###### Moed Katan 26b:1
[Moed Katan 26b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/26b:1)

וּבְאִיחוּי אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** the reference here is **to** the **Alexandrian** method of **mending,** a type of sewing performed in Alexandria, which is considered to be of exceptional quality and after which the tear is no longer visible.


###### Moed Katan 26b:2
[Moed Katan 26b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/26b:2)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: הַקּוֹרֵעַ מִתּוֹךְ הַשְּׁלָל מִתּוֹךְ הַמְּלָל מִתּוֹךְ הַלֶּקֶט, מִתּוֹךְ הַסּוּלָּמוֹת — לֹא יָצָא. מִתּוֹךְ הָאִיחוּי — יָצָא. אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: וּבְאִיחוּי אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** the following *baraita*: **One who rends** his garment in a place **that had been** loosely **tacked** together, or **from the hem of the garment,** or **on the gathering,** or **on the ladder-like stiches has not fulfilled** his obligation to rend it. But if he rends it in a place **that had been** carefully **mended, he has fulfilled** his obligation, because such a garment is regarded as whole. **Rav Ḥisda said: And** here, too, the reference is **to** the **Alexandrian** method of **mending** and not to ordinary sewing.


###### Moed Katan 26b:3
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: רַשַּׁאי לְהוֹפְכוֹ לְמַטָּה וּלְאַחוֹתוֹ. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן אֶלְעָזָר אוֹסֵר לְאַחוֹתוֹ, וּכְשֵׁם שֶׁהַמּוֹכֵר אָסוּר לְאַחוֹתוֹ — כָּךְ הַלּוֹקֵחַ אָסוּר לְאַחוֹתוֹ. וּלְפִיכָךְ מוֹכֵר צָרִיךְ לְהוֹדִיעוֹ לַלּוֹקֵחַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** another *baraita*: One is **permitted to turn** a garment that was rent on the upper edge **upside down and** then **mend** it in a precise fashion. **Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar prohibits** careful **mending** in this case as well. **And** if one wishes to sell a garment that he had previously rent in mourning, **just as the seller,** who had rent the garment, **is prohibited from** carefully **mending** the garment, **so too the buyer,** who purchases it from him, **is prohibited from mending it. The seller must therefore inform the buyer** that the rent was made on account of mourning and may not be mended.


###### Moed Katan 26b:4
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: תְּחִילַּת קְרִיעָה — טֶפַח, וְתוֹסֶפֶת — שָׁלֹשׁ אֶצְבָּעוֹת, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: תְּחִילַּת קְרִיעָה — שָׁלֹשׁ אֶצְבָּעוֹת, וְתוֹסֶפֶת — כׇּל שֶׁהוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** a *baraita*: **The initial rending is a handbreadth** in length,**and** the **extension,** if one is obligated to rend his garment for other deceased relatives and he wishes to use the same rent for this purpose, **is three fingerbreadths;** this is **the statement of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehuda says:** The **initial rending is three fingerbreadths** in length, **and** its **extension is any amount,** with no minimum measure.


###### Moed Katan 26b:5
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אָמַר עוּלָּא: הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי מֵאִיר בִּקְרִיעָה, וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה בְּתוֹסֶפֶת. תַּנְיָא נָמֵי הָכִי, רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: תְּחִילַּת קְרִיעָה — טֶפַח, וְתוֹסֶפֶת — כׇּל שֶׁהוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Ulla said: The *halakha* is in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Meir that** the initial **rending** is one handbreadth in length, **and the *halakha* is in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yehuda that an extension** can be any length. The Gemara comments: **That is also taught** in a *baraita*: **Rabbi Yosei says:** The **initial rending** is **one handbreadth, and** the size of the **extension is any** minimal **amount.** By tradition, the *halakha* is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yosei when he disagrees with any one of his colleagues.


###### Moed Katan 26b:6
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: אָמְרוּ לוֹ מֵת אָבִיו וְקָרַע, מֵת בְּנוֹ וְהוֹסִיף, תַּחְתּוֹן — מִתְאַחֶה, עֶלְיוֹן — אֵינוֹ מִתְאַחֶה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** the following *baraita*: If **they** first **said to** a person that **his father died, and he rent** his garment, and afterward they told him that **his son died, and he added** to the same rent, in such a case the **lower** portion of the rent that had been made for his son **may be mended.** This is because, after completing the period of mourning, one is permitted to mend a rent made for relatives other than one’s parents. However, the **upper** portion of the rent **may not be mended,** as a tear made for one’s father may never be carefully sewn back together.


###### Moed Katan 26b:7
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מֵת בְּנוֹ וְקָרַע, מֵת אָבִיו וְהוֹסִיף, עֶלְיוֹן — מִתְאַחֶה, תַּחְתּוֹן — אֵינוֹ מִתְאַחֶה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If, on the other hand, they said to him first that **his son died, and he rent** his garment, and afterward they told him that **his father died, and he added** to the same rent, then in that case the **upper** portion of the rent, which had been made for his son, **may be mended,** but **the lower** portion of the rent, which had been made for his father, **may not be mended.**


###### Moed Katan 26b:8
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מֵת אָבִיו, מֵת אִמּוֹ, מֵת אָחִיו, מֵתָה אֲחוֹתוֹ — קוֹרֵעַ קֶרַע אֶחָד לְכוּלָּן. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן בְּתִירָה אוֹמֵר: עַל כּוּלָּן קֶרַע אֶחָד, עַל אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ קֶרַע אֶחָד, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין מוֹסִיפִין עַל קֶרַע אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If they said to him all at one time that **his father died, his mother died, his brother died, and his sister died,** then **he may make one rent for all of them. Rabbi Yehuda ben Beteira says: For all** of his other relatives he makes **one rent,** and **for his father and mother** he makes **another rent, as one must not add** to **a rent** made **for his father and mother.**


###### Moed Katan 26b:9
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מַאי טַעְמָא? אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק: לְפִי שֶׁאֵינָן בְּתוֹסֶפֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is the reason** for Rabbi Yehuda ben Beteira’s opinion that one may not add to the rent torn for a mother or father? **Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: Because they cannot be added;** one has only one father and one mother and cannot add others.


###### Moed Katan 26b:10
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אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: הֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶּן בְּתִירָה. וּמִי אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל הָכִי? וְהָאָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: הֲלָכָה כְּדִבְרֵי הַמֵּיקֵל בְּאֵבֶל! אֲבֵילוּת לְחוּד, קְרִיעָה לְחוּד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Shmuel said: The *halakha* is in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Yehuda ben Beteira.** The Gemara asks: **And did Shmuel** actually **say this? But didn’t Shmuel say** the principle is that **the *halakha* is in accordance with the statement** of the **lenient** Sage with regard to **mourning;** yet here he rules in accordance with the more stringent opinion. The Gemara answers: The *halakhot* of **mourning are discrete** and the *halakhot* of **rending are discrete,** and it is only with regard to the *halakhot* of mourning that Shmuel rules consistently in accordance with the lenient opinion.


###### Moed Katan 26b:11
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עַד הֵיכָן קוֹרֵעַ — עַד טִיבּוּרוֹ, וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים: עַד לִבּוֹ. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵין רְאָיָה לְדָבָר, זֵכֶר לַדָּבָר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְקִרְעוּ לְבַבְכֶם וְאַל בִּגְדֵיכֶם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It was taught in a *baraita*: **Until where** may **he rend** his garment, if he continues to rend the same garment for additional relatives? He may continue rending **until** the point where the garment covers **his navel. Some say: Until** the point where the garment covers **his heart. Although there is no** absolute **proof for the matter** that one may rend the garment until this point, there is **an allusion to this matter, as it is stated: “And rend your hearts, and not your garments”** (Joel 2:13), thereby intimating that one may extend the rent in his garment only until he reaches the point where the garment covers his heart.


###### Moed Katan 26b:12
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הִגִּיעַ לְטִיבּוּרוֹ — מַרְחִיק שָׁלֹשׁ אֶצְבָּעוֹת וְקוֹרֵעַ. נִתְמַלֵּא מִלְּפָנָיו — מַחְזִירוֹ לַאֲחוֹרָיו. נִתְמַלֵּא מִלְּמַעְלָה — הוֹפְכוֹ מִלְּמַטָּה. וְהַקּוֹרֵעַ מִלְּמַטָּה וּמִן הַצְּדָדִין — לֹא יָצָא. אֶלָּא שֶׁכֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל פּוֹרֵם מִלְּמַטָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If **he** tore his garment until he **reached** the point where it covers **his navel,** he should not continue rending in the same place. Instead, **he should move away** a space of **three fingerbreadths** from the first rent **and make** a new **rent.** If the garment **became full** of rents **in the front, he should turn** the garment **front to back** and make a rent on the other side. If **it became full** of rents **above, he should turn it** top to bottom and make a rent on what used to be **the bottom. But one who rends** his garment **at the bottom or at the sides has not fulfilled** his obligation, as rending may be done only at the top of the garment. **The High Priest, however,** who is prohibited from rending his garments in mourning, **may tear** his garment **at the bottom** to mark his mourning in a symbolic manner.


###### Moed Katan 26b:13
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פְּלִיגוּ בַּהּ רַב מַתְנָה וּמָר עוּקְבָא, וְתַרְוַיְיהוּ מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דַּאֲבוּהּ דִּשְׁמוּאֵל וְלֵוִי. חַד אָמַר: כֹּל שִׁבְעָה קוֹרֵעַ, לְאַחַר שִׁבְעָה — מוֹסִיף. וְחַד אָמַר: כׇּל שְׁלֹשִׁים קוֹרֵעַ, לְאַחַר שְׁלֹשִׁים — מוֹסִיף.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Mattana and Mar Ukva disagreed about** the following issue, **and both of them** stated their respective opinions **in the name of Shmuel’s father and Levi. One said:** During **all seven** days of mourning, if the mourner hears that another relative of his passed away, **he makes** a new **rent; after seven** days of mourning **he** merely **adds** to the first one. **And one said:** During **all** of the first **thirty days he makes** a new rent; **after thirty** days **he** merely **adds** to the first one.


###### Moed Katan 26b:14
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מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַבִּי זֵירָא: מַאן דְּאָמַר כׇּל שִׁבְעָה קוֹרֵעַ, אַמַּאי — דְּלֹא נִיתַּן לְשׁוֹלְלוֹ, אֶלָּא הָא דְּאָמַר מָר: הָאִשָּׁה שׁוֹלַלְתּוֹ לְאַלְתַּר, הָכָא נָמֵי?!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Zeira strongly objects to this:** According to **the one who said** that during **all seven** days of mourning **he makes** a new **rent, why** is it not enough to add to the first one? It is because **he may not tack it** until the end of the seven-day period of mourning, and therefore if he adds to the rent it will look like a continuation of the previous tear. **But** then, with regard to **that which the Master said** in the *baraita*: After **a woman** rends her garment, she **may tack** the tear **immediately,** would you say that **here also** she may add to the first rent for a new bereavement during the seven-day period of mourning?


###### Moed Katan 26b:15
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הָתָם מִשּׁוּם כְּבוֹד אִשָּׁה הוּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **There** the woman is permitted to tack the rent **due to the woman’s honor,** as it would be dishonorable for her to be seen wearing torn garments. However, halakhically the rent is considered as if it still exists, and therefore she must make a new rent for a new bereavement and not merely add to the previous one.


###### Moed Katan 26b:16
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מַאן דְּאָמַר כׇּל שְׁלֹשִׁים קוֹרֵעַ, אַמַּאי — דְּלֹא נִיתַּן לְאַחוֹתוֹ. אֶלָּא לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ, דְּלֹא נִיתַּן לְאַחוֹתוֹ לְעוֹלָם, הָכִי נָמֵי?!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabbi Zeira asked further: According to **the one who said** that **all thirty days** of mourning **one must make** a new **rent** rather than add to the existing tear, **why** does he say this? It is because during the thirty days **one is not given** permission to properly **mend** the garment, and so it still appears to be torn. **But** then, in a case of a rent made **for one’s father or mother,** for **which** he **is not given** permission to **ever** properly **mend it,** would you say that he should **so too** be forever barred from adding to the rent for a new bereavement and is instead obligated to make a new rent?


###### Moed Katan 26b:17
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הָתָם מִשּׁוּם כְּבוֹד אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ הוּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **There** he may not properly mend the rent **due to the honor due to his father and mother.** Essentially, however, the tear is considered as if it had been sewn up after the thirty-day period, and therefore the son may extend it in the case of a new bereavement.


###### Moed Katan 26b:18
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: הַיּוֹצֵא בְּבֶגֶד קָרוּעַ לִפְנֵי הַמֵּת — הֲרֵי זֶה גּוֹזֵל אֶת הַמֵּתִים וְאֶת הַחַיִּים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** the following *baraita*: **One who goes out before the deceased in a rent garment** that he had previously torn over another bereavement, thereby giving the appearance of having rent his garment for him, **steals from the dead,** as he did not rend a garment for him. **And** he similarly steals **from the living,** who see him and think that he made the tear in honor of the deceased, when in reality he is deceiving them.


###### Moed Katan 26b:19
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רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, הָאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵירוֹ: הַשְׁאִילֵנִי חֲלוּקְךָ וְאֵלֵךְ וַאֲבַקֵּר אֶת אַבָּא שֶׁהוּא חוֹלֶה, וְהָלַךְ וּמְצָאוֹ שֶׁמֵּת — קוֹרֵעַ וּמְאַחוֹ, וּכְשֶׁיָּבֹא לְבֵיתוֹ מַחֲזִיר לוֹ חֲלוּקוֹ, וְנוֹתֵן לוֹ דְּמֵי קִרְעוֹ. וְאִם לֹא הוֹדִיעוֹ — הֲרֵי זֶה לֹא יִגַּע בּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says:** In the case of **one who says to his fellow: Lend me your cloak and I will go and visit my father because he is sick, and he goes and finds that** his father **has died, he rends** the cloak **and** may then **mend it** in the proper manner. **And when he returns home, he returns the cloak** to his fellow **and pays him the value of the rent,** i.e., the depreciation in the value of the cloak that resulted from the tear. The assumption is that the lender considered the possibility that the sick father might die, and lent the garment anyway, understanding that he might have to tear it. **But if one did not inform** his fellow that he was going to visit his sick father, **he must not touch it,** as he was not granted permission to tear the garment belonging to someone else.


###### Moed Katan 26b:20
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: חוֹלֶה שֶׁמֵּת לוֹ מֵת — אֵין מוֹדִיעִין אוֹתוֹ שֶׁמֵּת, שֶׁמָּא תִּטָּרֵף דַּעְתּוֹ עָלָיו. וְאֵין מְקָרְעִין בְּפָנָיו, וּמְשַׁתְּקִין אֶת הַנָּשִׁים מִפָּנָיו.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** the following *baraita*: When a relative **of a sick** person **dies,** those around him **do not inform him that** this relative **died, lest he lose control of his mind** due to his emotional state and his grief exacerbate his physical health. **And** other people **may not rend** their garments **in his presence,** so that he will not know that one of his relatives passed away. **And we silence the women** who weep **in his presence,** so that he will not know that his relative is no longer alive.


###### Moed Katan 26b:21
[Moed Katan 26b:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/26b:21)

וּמְקָרְעִין לַקָּטָן מִפְּנֵי עׇגְמַת נֶפֶשׁ. וְקוֹרְעִין עַל חָמִיו וְעַל חֲמוֹתוֹ, מִפְּנֵי כְּבוֹד אִשְׁתּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** the relatives **rend** the garment **of a minor child** when there is mourning in his family **in order to arouse grief.** Although a minor is not required to rend his garments, this will add to the grief of those who see that even the garments of children are rent. **And one rends** his garment **for his father-in-law or mother-in-law, although** he is not required to mourn for them, **due to the honor of his wife,** to show her that he joins in her mourning.


###### Moed Katan 26b:22
[Moed Katan 26b:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/26b:22)

וְאָמַר רַב פָּפָּא, תָּנָא בְּאֵבֶל רַבָּתִי: אָבֵל לֹא יַנִּיחַ תִּינוֹק בְּתוֹךְ חֵיקוֹ, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁמְּבִיאוֹ לִידֵי שְׂחוֹק, וְנִמְצָא מִתְגַּנֶּה עַל הַבְּרִיּוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rav Pappa said:** A Sage **taught in *Evel Rabbati*: A mourner should not place** a young **child in his lap because** the child **will bring him to laughter, and he will be disgraced in** the eyes of **other people** because he laughed while in mourning.


###### Moed Katan 26b:23
[Moed Katan 26b:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/26b:23)

וְאֵין מַבְרִין עַל מִטּוֹת זְקוּפוֹת. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: הַהוֹלֵךְ לְבֵית הָאֵבֶל, אִם הָיָה לִבּוֹ גַּס בּוֹ — יַבְרוּהוּ עַל מִטּוֹת כְּפוּיוֹת. וְאִם לָאו — יַבְרוּהוּ עַל מִטּוֹת זְקוּפוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna taught: **And** the consolers **provide the** first **meal** after the burial **only** while the mourner sits **on an upright bed** and not on one that is overturned. **The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: With regard to **one who goes to the house of the mourner, if he is confident** in his friendship **with him** because they are close friends, **they provide him with the meal of comfort** while both he and the mourner sit **on overturned beds. And if** he is **not** confident in his friendship with him, both **he** and the mourner **should be fed on upright beds.**


###### Moed Katan 26b:24
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רָבָא אִיתְּרַע בֵּיהּ מִילְּתָא, עַל לְגַבֵּיהּ אַבָּא בַּר מָרְתָא, דְּהוּא אַבָּא בַּר מִנְיוֹמֵי. רָבָא זָקֵיף, אַבָּא בַּר מָרְתָא כָּפֵי. אֲמַר: כַּמָּה לֵית בֵּיהּ דַּעְתָּא לְהַאי צוּרְבָּא מֵרַבָּנַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates that **something** unpleasant **happened to Rava,** i.e., one of his close relatives died, and **Abba bar Marta, who** was also known as **Abba bar Minyomi, entered** to visit **him. Rava stood** the bed **upright,** treating him like any other person who came to comfort him. **Abba bar Marta overturned** the bed because he saw himself as being on very familiar terms with Rava. Rava **said: How lacking in sense is this Torah scholar.** Rava had shown from the outset that he did not consider Abba bar Marta to be a close friend, yet the latter ignored this message and viewed himself as being exceptionally close to Rava.


###### Moed Katan 26b:25
[Moed Katan 26b:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Moed%20Katan/r/26b:25)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: הַהוֹלֵךְ מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** a *baraita*: If **one who was going from place to place** learned of the death of a close relative, so that he must now observe the rites of mourning,