Daf Reactions Moโ€™ed Katan 21: Mourning Guidelines
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Shalom, dear friends! Itโ€™s #dafreactions Moโ€™ed Katan 21! In which Rabbi Meir serves us a MAJOR lesson on treating mourners with RESPECT! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
Shalom, dear friends! Itโ€™s #dafreactions Moโ€™ed Katan 21! In which Rabbi Meir serves us a MAJOR lesson on treating mourners with RESPECT! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘r
ืžื•ืขื“ ืงื˜ืŸ ื›ืดื ื‘:ื˜ืดื•

ืึธืžึทืจ ืจึทื‘ึผึดื™ ืžึตืึดื™ืจ: ื”ึทืžึผื•ึนืฆึตื ืึถืช ื—ึฒื‘ึตืจื•ึน ืึธื‘ึตืœ ืœึฐืึทื—ึทืจ ืฉืึฐื ึตื™ื ืขึธืฉื‚ึธืจ ื—ึนื“ึถืฉื, ื•ึผืžึฐื“ึทื‘ึผึตืจ ืขึดืžึผื•ึน ืชึผึทื ึฐื—ื•ึผืžึดื™ืŸ, ืœึฐืžึธื” ื”ื•ึผื ื“ึผื•ึนืžึถื”? ืœึฐืึธื“ึธื ืฉืึถื ึผึดืฉืึฐื‘ึผึฐืจึธื” ืจึทื’ึฐืœื•ึน ื•ึฐื—ึธื™ึฐืชึธื”, ืžึฐืฆึธืื•ึน ืจื•ึนืคึตื ื•ึฐืึธืžึทืจ ืœื•ึน: ื›ึผึฐืœึธืšึฐ ืึถืฆึฐืœึดื™ ืฉืึถืึฒื ึดื™ ืฉืื•ึนื‘ึฐืจึธื”ึผ ื•ึทืึฒืจึทืคึผึฐืึถื ึผึธื”, ื›ึผึฐื“ึตื™ ืฉืึถืชึผึตื“ึทืข ืฉืึถืกึผึทืžึฐืžึธื ึดื™ืŸ ืฉืึถืœึผึดื™ ื™ึธืคึดื™ืŸ!

Moed Katan 21b:15

Rabbi Meir said: One who finds another in mourning after twelve months and speaks to him words of consolation, to what may this situation be likened? To a person who broke his leg and it healed, and afterward a physician found him and said to him: Come to me, for I will break it a second time and then I will heal it, so that you may know how good my medicines are and how well they work. One who consoles his friend after so much time has passed acts in a similar fashion, stirring up an old wound and then trying to heal it. In any event, it appears that one must not extend greetings to a mourner during the entire twelve-month mourning period.

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