“Those standing

<<in the row,”

<<etc.

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<a row

<<that sees

<<inside

<<is exempt,

<<and one that does not

<<see

<<inside

<<is obligated.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<those who come

<<on account of

<<the mourner

<<are exempt;

<<on account of

<<themselves,

<<are obligated.

Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav:

<<one who finds

<<kilayim [shatnez]

<<in his garment

<<removes them

<<even

<<in the marketplace.

<<What is the reason?

<<“There is no

<<wisdom

<<and there is no

<<understanding

<<and there is no

<<counsel

<<against

<<Hashem”:

<<any

<<place

<<where there is

<<desecration of

<<the Name,

<<not

<<do they apportion

<<honor

<<to the teacher.

They raised an objection:

<<they buried

<<the dead

<<and returned,

<<and before them

<<two

<<paths,

<<one

<<pure

<<and one

<<impure:

<<if he comes

<<by the pure one,

<<they come

<<with him

<<by the pure one;

<<if he comes

<<by the impure one,

<<they come

<<with him

<<by the impure one,

<<because of

<<his honor.

<<Why?

<<Let us say

<<“There is no

<<wisdom

<<and there is no

<<understanding

<<against

<<Hashem”!

Explained it

<<Rabbi Abba

<<as a beis ha-pras

<<of the Rabbis.

For Rav Yehuda said in the name of Shmuel:

<<blows

<<a person

<<[through] a beis ha-pras

<<and walks on.

<<And Rav Yehuda bar Ashei said in the name of Rav:

<<a beis ha-pras

<<that has been trodden

<<is pure.

Come and hear:

<<for Rabbi Elazar bar Tzadok said:

<<leaping

<<we would be

<<over

<<the tops of

<<coffins

<<of

<<the dead

<<toward

<<the kings of

<<Israel.

<<And not

<<toward

<<the kings of

<<Israel

<<alone

<<did they say [it],

<<but

<<even

<<toward

<<the kings of

<<the nations of

<<the world,

<<for if

<<he merits,

<<he will distinguish

<<between

<<the kings of

<<Israel

<<and the kings of

<<the nations of

<<the world.

<<Why?

<<Let us say

<<“There is no

<<wisdom

<<and there is no

<<understanding

<<and there is no

<<counsel

<<against

<<Hashem”!

Like Rava,

<<for Rava said:

<<by Torah law,

<<a tent —

<<anything

<<that has

<<in it

<<a space

<<of a handbreadth

<<interposes

<<before

<<the impurity,

<<and that which does not have

<<in it

<<a space

<<of a handbreadth

<<does not

<<interpose

<<before

<<the impurity.

And most

<<coffins

<<have

<<in them

<<a space

<<of a handbreadth,

<<and they decreed

<<about

<<those that have

<<it

<<because of

<<those that do not have

<<it;

<<and because of

<<the honor of

<<kings

<<not

<<did decree

<<about them

<<the Rabbis.

Come and hear:

<<great is

<<the dignity of

<<people,

<<for it overrides

<<a negative commandment

<<that is in the Torah.

And why?

<<Let us say

<<“There is no

<<wisdom

<<and there is no

<<understanding

<<and there is no

<<counsel

<<against

<<Hashem”!

<<Explained it

<<Rav bar Sheva

<<before

<<Rav Kahana

<<as the prohibition

<<of “Do not

<<turn aside.”

<<They laughed

<<at him:

<<the prohibition

<<of “Do not

<<turn aside”

<<from the Torah

<<is it?!

Rav Kahana said:

<<a man

<<great

<<has said

<<a thing;

<<do not

<<laugh

<<at him!

<<All

<<the words

<<of the Rabbis

<<they rested them

<<upon

<<the prohibition

<<of “Do not

<<turn aside,”

<<and because of

<<his dignity

<<permitted it

<<the Rabbis.

Come and hear:

<<“And you shall hide yourself

<<from them” —

<<there are times

<<that you

<<hide yourself

<<from them,

<<and there are times

<<that not

<<do you

<<hide yourself

<<from them.

How so?

<<If

<<he was

<<a kohen

<<and it

<<was in the cemetery,

<<or

<<he was

<<an elder

<<and it is not

<<in keeping with

<<his dignity,

<<or

<<that was

<<his work

<<worth more

<<than that of

<<his fellow —

<<therefore

<<it is stated

<<“And you shall hide yourself.”

<<Why?

<<Let us say

<<“There is no

<<wisdom

<<and there is no

<<understanding

<<and there is no

<<counsel

<<against

<<Hashem”!

Is different

<<there,

<<for it is written:

<<“And you shall hide yourself

<<from them.”

<<But let us derive

<<from it!

<<A prohibition

<<from money matters

<<not

<<do we learn.

Come and hear:

“Or for his sister” —

<<what

<<does the verse state?

<<Behold,

<<one who was

<<going

<<to slaughter

<<his Pesach offering

<<and to circumcise

<<his son,

<<and he heard

<<that had died

<<for him

<<a dead [relative] —

<<might I think

<<he should go back

<<and become impure?

<<You said:

<<“He shall not

<<become impure.”

Might I think:

<<just as

<<he does not

<<become impure

<<for them,

<<so

<<he does not

<<become impure

<<for a met

<<mitzvah [an unattended corpse]?

<<The verse states:

<<“Or for his sister” —

<<for his sister

<<it is

<<that he does not

<<become impure,