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Abba Shaul says: The infant may be taken out even by one man and two women, for there is no concern with regard to seclusion in a time of mourning. And for such an infant, people do not stand in a line to offer their condolences to the mourners, as is ordinarily done after a burial; nor do others
A thirty-day-old infant that dies is taken out for burial in a coffin [deluskema]. R' Yehuda says: Not in a small coffin that is carried on one’s shoulder, but rather in a coffin that is carried in the arms of two people. And for such an infant, people stand in a line to offer their condolences to t
A twelve-month-old infant is taken out for burial on a bier, just as an adult is. R' Akiva says: This halakha applies if the infant that dies is one year old and his limbs are like those of a two year old, so that he looks older, or if he is two years old and his limbs are like those of a one-yea
R' Shimon ben Elazar says: For one that is taken out on a bier, the public should grieve [matzhivin]. For one that is not taken out on a bier, the public need not grieve. R' Elazar ben Azarya says: The halakha is as follows: If the infant was known to the public, because he regularly left the hous
And what is the status of deceased infants with regard to eulogy? R' Meir said in the name of R' Yishmael: The children of the poor are eulogized from the age of 3, whereas the children of the wealthy are eulogized from the age of 5. This is because a child is the sole source of joy for the poor,