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The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a proof from what was taught with regard to the verse: “In his eyes a vile person is despised, but he honors them that fear YHWH” (Psalms 15:4). This is referring to Hezekiah, king of Judea, who dragged the bones of his father, Ahaz, on a bier made of ropes, and
The Talmud answers: Hezekiah did this so that his father would achieve atonement for his sins through his disgrace. The Talmud asks: Can it be that for his father’s atonement they would defer the honor of all of Israel, who would have been honored by a proper eulogy for their late king? The Talmud
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a proof from a baraita: Before he died, R' Yehuda HaNasi said to his disciples: Do not eulogize me in the small towns that you pass as you take my body out for burial, but eulogize me only in the larger cities. And if you say that a eulogy is delivered in honor of
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a proof from the Mishnah: If one left his deceased relative unburied overnight for the sake of his honor, e.g., in order to bring him a coffin or shrouds, he does not transgress the prohibition of “his body shall not remain all night.” What, is it not referring to
The Talmud asks: But can it be that due to the honor of the living, they allow the deceased to remain unburied overnight? The Talmud answers: Yes, as when God states: “His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall bury him that day” (Deuteronomy 21:23), it teaches that the proh