## Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah Siman 354

###### Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 354:1
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**עיר שיש בה שני מתים איזה קודם. ובו סעיף אחד:**
עיר שיש בה שני מתים מוציאין את הראשון ואח"כ מוציאין השני ואם היו מלינים הראשון מוציאין השני חכם ות"ח מוציאין החכם ת"ח ועם הארץ מוציאין ת"ח איש ואשה מוציאין האשה מפני שקרובה לבי' הניוול הוציאו הראשון וקברוהו אין עומדין עליו בשורה ואין אומרים עליו ברכת אבלים ולא תנחומי אבלים עד שיוציאו השני הוציאו השני וקברוהו באים ועומדים בשורה מנחמים ופוטרים את הרבים ואין מנחמים שני אבלים כאחד אלא אם כן היה כבודם שוה וקילוסן שוה:

**Translation v.1:**
A city wherein two corpses are [awaiting burial], one brings out the first one¹ and then one brings out the second one.² If one kept over³ § 357), they need not keep over the second one on account of the first, since the first corpse will not be brought out for burial at present in any case —*Ta*Z, *ShaK.* the first [corpse], one brings out the second one. [If] a *Hakam* and a *Talmid*⁵ *Hakam*⁴ It follows that *Talmid Ḥakam* here means ‘a disciple of a *Ḥakam*’ in contradistintion to the same term used elsewhere. Kid. 49b; E.H. § 38, 27-28 for the meaning of *Ḥakam*, and *Talmid.* Cf. also Ta‘an. 10b, *Tosaf.* s.v. איזהו; *M.Abr.* O.Ḥ. § 575 beg. [are awaiting burial], one brings out [first] the *Hakam;* [if] a *Talmid Hakam* and an *Am Ha-arez*,⁴ It follows that *Talmid Ḥakam* here means ‘a disciple of a *Ḥakam*’ in contradistintion to the same term used elsewhere. Kid. 49b; E.H. § 38, 27-28 for the meaning of *Ḥakam*, and *Talmid.* Cf. also Ta‘an. 10b, *Tosaf.* s.v. איזהו; *M.Abr.* O.Ḥ. § 575 beg. one brings out [first] the *Talmid Hakam;*⁶ or both are *Talmidim*, or both are *Ame Ha-areẓ*, they bring out (for burial) the first,’ i.e., the one who died first. [if] a man and a woman, one brings out the woman [first],⁷ states that in this respect there is no difference between a young girl, an elderly woman, and a pregnant or nursing woman — *P.Tesh.* for she is prone⁸ [to be subjected] to pudendal⁹ § 355 and Mishna M.K. 27a. disgrace. [After] one brought out the first one and buried him, one does not stand in the line [of comforters] for him, nor does one recite the mourners' benediction for him, nor does one offer condolence to the mourners¹⁰ until one brings out the second one. [After] one has brought out the second one and buried him, comforters come and stand in the line¹¹ Another reading in Sem. has, ‘and they come and stand in line and comfort.’ and [then the mourners] give leave of departure to the many [comforters].¹² Two [separate] mourners are not comforted simultaneously¹³ unless their [degree] of honour and praise is equal.¹⁴ M.K. Sem. *ibid.* adds here, ‘they do not bring out two corpses on one bier unless their (degree of) honour and praise is equal.’

footnotes:
¹ The one who died first.
² If the reason for adopting this procedure is that the obligation to bury the first corpse took effect first, then if they both died on the Sabbath at which time the obligation to bury the dead does not take effect, this ruling would not apply. But if the reason is that the first corpse emits a bad odour of decay before the second corpse, the above distinction with respect to the Sabbath would not apply — P.Tesh.
³ Lit. ‘they kept over night.’ If they desire to keep over the first corpse for the sake of his honour, e.g., to wait for the arrival of relatives, or to bring a coffin or burial garments for him (v. infra
⁵ Glos.
⁴ Sem. has only ‘Talmid.’
⁴ Sem. has only ‘Talmid.’
⁶ Sem. adds, ‘If both are Ḥakamim
⁷ Even if the man died first — R. A. Eger. Tashbeẓ
⁸ Lit. ‘near.’
⁹ בית refers euphemistically to the pudenda. This is on account of propriety. Sem. does not have בית. Cf. infra
¹⁰ In order not to delay the burial of the second — ShaK.
¹¹ The line of comforters is formed for both sets of mourners simultaneously — ShaK.
¹² M.K. 27a.
¹³ Only one after another or they divide themselves into two groups and they each comfort the respective mourners — ShaK.
¹⁴ Sem(H). XI,  Thus also Asheri