Study Moed Katan folio 8B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
It is because the dead is not forgotten from the heart and put out of mind for 30 days, and therefore, when one laments the loss of a deceased relative within 30 days before a Festival, the pain is still remembered on the Festival. The Talmud asks: What is the practical difference between the two r
Mishnah: One may not dig crypts or graves on the intermediate days of a Festival in preparation for those who are still alive, but one may adjust previously dug crypts on the intermediate days of a Festival in order to receive a particular corpse. And one may also construct a laundry pond on the in
Talmud: The Talmud asks: What are crypts and what are graves, and what is the difference between them? Rav Yehuda said: Crypts are constructed by digging and graves are constructed by building. The Talmud adds: That is also taught in the following baraita: These are crypts and these are graves: C
It is taught in the Mishnah: But one may adjust previously dug crypts on the intermediate days of a Festival. The Talmud asks: How does one adjust a crypt? Rav Yehuda said: If the crypt was longer than the corpse, he shortens it. With regard to this issue it was taught in a baraita: He lengthens th
It was further taught in the Mishnah: And one may also construct a laundry pond on the intermediate days of a Festival. The Talmud asks: What is a laundry pond? Rav Yehuda said: This is a ditch dug in the ground for washing clothes. The Talmud raises a difficulty: Isn’t it taught in a baraita: A lau