and they do not

<<bless

<<for him,

<<and they do not

<<invite [to zimun]

<<with him;

<<and he is exempt

<<from the Shema

<<and from

<<the prayer

<<and from

<<the tefillin

<<and from all

<<the mitzvos

<<stated

<<in the Torah.

<<But on Shabbos

<<he reclines

<<and eats

<<meat

<<and drinks

<<wine,

<<and blesses

<<and invites,

<<and they bless

<<for him

<<and invite

<<with him,

<<and he is obligated

<<in all

<<the mitzvos

<<stated

<<in the Torah.

<<Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel

<<says:

<<since

<<he is obligated

<<in these,

<<he is obligated

<<in all of them.

And Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<what is

<<between them?

<<marital relations

<<there is

<<between them.

It teaches

<<at any rate:

<<he is exempt

<<from the Shema

<<and from

<<the prayer

<<and from

<<the tefillin

<<and from all

<<the mitzvos

<<stated

<<in the Torah!

<<Rav Pappa said:

<<explain it

<<as referring to one who turns

<<his face

<<and eats.

<<Rav Ashi

<<said:

<<since

<<it lies

<<upon him

<<to bury him,

<<like one lying

<<before him

<<it is,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And arose

<<Avraham

<<from

<<before

<<his dead,”

<<and it is stated:

<<“And I will bury

<<my dead

<<from before me”;

<<all

<<the time

<<that it lies

<<upon him

<<to bury him,

<<like one lying

<<before him

<<it is.

His dead,

<<yes;

<<but

<<one guarding it,

<<no.

But surely it is taught:

<<one who guards

<<the dead,

<<even though

<<it is not

<<his dead,

<<is exempt

<<from the Shema

<<and from

<<the prayer

<<and from

<<the tefillin

<<and from all

<<the mitzvos

<<stated

<<in the Torah!

<<Guarding it,

<<even though

<<it is not

<<his dead;

<<his dead,

<<even though

<<he is not

<<guarding it.

His dead

<<and guarding it,

<<yes;

<<but

<<walking

<<in the cemetery,

<<no.

<<But surely it is taught:

<<not

<<should walk

<<a person

<<in a cemetery

<<with tefillin

<<on his head

<<and a scroll

<<of Torah

<<on his arm

<<and read;

<<and if

<<he does

<<so,

<<he transgresses

<<because of

<<“He who mocks

<<the poor

<<insults

<<his Maker.”

There,

<<within

<<four

<<cubits

<<it is

<<that it is forbidden;

<<outside

<<of four

<<cubits,

<<he is obligated,

<<for said

<<the Master:

<<a dead person

<<occupies

<<four

<<cubits

<<for the Shema.

<<Here,

<<outside

<<of four

<<cubits

<<too

<<he is exempt.

The matter itself:

<<one who guards

<<the dead,

<<even though

<<it is not

<<his dead,

<<is exempt

<<from the Shema

<<and from

<<the prayer

<<and from

<<the tefillin

<<and from all

<<the mitzvos

<<stated

<<in the Torah.

<<If there were

<<two,

<<this one

<<guards

<<and this one

<<recites,

<<and this one

<<guards

<<and this one

<<recites.

<<Ben Azzai

<<says:

<<if they were

<<coming

<<in a ship,

<<he places it

<<in a corner,

<<this one,

<<and they pray,

<<both of them,

<<in a corner

<<other.

What is

<<between them?

<<Ravina said:

<<being concerned

<<about mice

<<there is

<<between them.

<<One master

<<holds:

<<we are concerned;

<<and one master

<<holds:

<<not

<<are we concerned.

The Rabbis taught:

<<one who carries

<<bones

<<from place

<<to place,

<<behold, he

<<should not

<<put them

<<in a saddlebag

<<and put them

<<upon

<<a donkey

<<and ride

<<upon them,

<<because

<<he treats

<<them

<<in a manner of

<<disgrace.

<<But if

<<he was

<<afraid

<<because of

<<gentiles

<<or because of

<<bandits,

<<it is permitted.

<<And in the way

<<that they said

<<about bones,

<<so

<<they said

<<about a scroll of

<<Torah.

To which [clause]?

<<If you say

<<to the first clause,

<<it is obvious!

<<Is

<<inferior

<<a scroll of

<<Torah

<<to bones?

<<Rather,

<<to the latter clause.

Rachava said in the name of Rav Yehuda:

<<anyone

<<who sees

<<the dead

<<and does not

<<escort him

<<transgresses

<<because of

<<“He who mocks

<<the poor

<<insults

<<his Maker.”

<<And if

<<he escorts him,

<<what

<<is his reward?

<<Rav Assi said:

<<about him

<<the verse

<<says:

<<“Lending to

<<Hashem

<<is one gracious

<<to the poor,”

<<“and one honors Him

<<who is gracious

<<to the needy.”

Rabbi Chiya

<<and Rabbi Yonasan

<<were

<<taking [their way]

<<and going

<<in a cemetery.

<<There was

<<trailing

<<the blue thread

<<of Rabbi Yonasan.

<<Rabbi Chiya said to him:

<<lift it,

<<so that

<<not

<<they will say:

<<tomorrow

<<they come

<<to us,

<<and now

<<they insult

<<us!

He said to him:

<<and do

<<they know

<<all this?

<<But surely

<<it is written:

<<“And the dead

<<do not

<<know

<<anything”!

<<He said to him:

<<if

<<you read [it],

<<not

<<did you repeat [it];

<<if

<<you repeated [it],

<<not

<<did you go over it a third time;

<<if

<<you went over it a third time,

<<not

<<did they explain [it]

<<to you.

<<“For

<<the living

<<know

<<that they will die” —

<<these are

<<the righteous,

<<who in their death

<<are called

<<living,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And Benayahu

<<son of

<<Yehoyada,

<<son of

<<a man

<<living,

<<great in

<<deeds,

<<from Kavtze'el;

<<he

<<struck

<<the two

<<lion-like men of

<<Moav;

<<and he

<<went down

<<and struck

<<the lion

<<in the midst of

<<the pit

<<on the day of

<<the snow.”