(Mishnah): One may not leave a body in the town square, in order not to accustom the people to eulogize.

One may never leave the body of a woman in the town square, out of respect for women. On Chol Hamoed, they do Inuy but they do not clap.

R. Yishmael: The women who are close to the body may clap.

(Gemara): One must rush to bury all bodies and not spend a long time eulogizing.

For one's father or mother, one spends a long time eulogizing and one does not rush the body out for burial.

In a pressured time (such as on a Friday) or in the rainy season, even for one's father or mother, one spends a long time eulogizing but one also rushes out the body, as whoever spends a long time eulogizing his father or mother, he is praiseworthy.

For all other relatives except for one's father or mother, one does not tear until the edge of the garment. These are the words of R. Meir.

R. Yehudah: Any tear that does not reach the edge of the garment is worthless.

R. Yochanan disagrees with R. Yehudah in two ways (as follows).

R. Yochanan heard that R. Chaninah was sick. He went to visit him and while on the way, he heard that R. Chaninah had died.

R. Yochanan got down from his donkey, took out his Shabbos clothing and tore it.

It is like the Mishnah in Maseches Horiyos that teaches, "A Kohen Gadol tears below, but a regular Kohen tears above (like all other mourners).

R. Elazar quoting Kahana: 'Above' means above the hem (including it) 'below' means below the hem (not including it).

R. Yochanan: 'Below' means at the bottom of the garment (not below the hem) and R. Eliezer in the name of Kahana is following R. Yehudah.

If he would agree with R. Yehudah, he would not be permitted to tear at all (as without the hem it is worthless)?!

Rather, it is a stringency that applies to the Kohen Gadol, that he does not tear through the hem.

For all other relatives, one may sew up the tear with a wide seam after 7 days and with a proper seam (Ichui) after 30 days. For a father and mother, one may never sew a proper seam.

Beraisa (quoting R. Noson): A woman may sew a wide seam immediately and sew a proper seam after 30 days. For her father or mother, she may never sew a proper seam.

What is Ichui? As if it was woven.

It is permitted to sew up like 'a ladder' or by folding over and sewing.

For all other relatives one only tears one's upper garment; for one's father or mother, one must tear even 10 layers down.

The Apikarsim need not be torn and a woman (for reasons of modesty) only tears her upper garment. (Some explain that an Apikarsin is an undergarment and some explain that it is a garment used to cover the head.)

Beraisa (R. Shimon ben Elazar): Upon the death of a parent, a woman tears her lower garment and turns it round to the back of her. Therefore, when she then tears her upper garments, her skin will not become visible.

After the death of other close relatives, a person may not press his clothing (Gihutz) for 30 days. For a parent, he may not press his clothing for 12 months.

Question: What is Gihutz? New woolen (even colored) pressed garments. For linen garments, it is only prohibited when they are white.

For all other close relatives, he may not take a haircut for 30 days. For a parent, he may not take a haircut until his hair becomes so overgrown that his friends chide him because of his appearance.

R. Shmuel bar Avudimi lost his mother 8 days before the festival. He came and asked R. Mana what to do. R. Mana told him that anything that is dependent on 7 and 30 days is stopped by the festival. However, here, he may not take a haircut until his hair becomes so overgrown that his friends chide him.

R. Meir: Except for a parent, a person does not reveal his heart when tearing.

R. Shmuel quoting R. Avudimi bar Tanchum: This is because one is no longer able to fulfill the Mitzvah of honoring one's parent.

For all close relatives, it is prohibited to travel on business during the first 30 days; for a parent, it is until his friends chide him and tell him to join them.

For all close relatives he may not attend a banquet for the first 30 days; for a parent, he may not attend for 12 months. If it is a gathering for a Mitzvah or for declaring the new month, it is permitted.

If he changes his clothes during the 7 days of mourning, he must tear the replacement clothing.

R. Chiya Rabbah and R. Chama, the father of R. Hoshiyah: For the entire 7 days, one may not close up the tear with a proper seam (Ichui).

Bar Kafra: The prohibition of Ichui only applies to the first day.

R. Chuna: There is another dispute between them - one says that Ichui is prohibited; he considers the other days like the first day. Also, even if he is wearing a number of garments, he must tear them all.

The other opinion says that only the first day is prohibited in Ichui; he considers the other days as a mere addition. Also, even if he is wearing a number of garments, he must only tear the top garment.