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Mishnah, Moed Qatan, 3.8

אֵין מַנִּיחִין אֶת הַמִּטָּה בָּרְחוֹב, שֶׁלֹּא לְהַרְגִּיל אֶת הַהֶסְפֵּד, וְלֹא שֶׁל נָשִׁים לְעוֹלָם, מִפְּנֵי הַכָּבוֹד. נָשִׁים בַּמּוֹעֵד מְעַנּוֹת, אֲבָל לֹא מְטַפְּחוֹת. רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר, הַסְּמוּכוֹת לַמִּטָּה, מְטַפְּחוֹת: They do not place the bier on the thruway [during the festival] so as not to encourage eulogizing. And the bier of women is never [set down on the thruway] for the sake of propriety. Women may raise a wail during the festival, but not clap [their hands in grief]. Rabbi Ishmael says: those that are close to the bier clap [their hands in grief].

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funeral	Hachlili, Jewish Funerary Customs, Practices And Rites In The Second Temple Period (2005) 326
mourning	Hachlili, Jewish Funerary Customs, Practices And Rites In The Second Temple Period (2005) 326
talmud'	Hachlili, Jewish Funerary Customs, Practices And Rites In The Second Temple Period (2005) 326