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Why does Tosafos (תוספות) require pirush (separation) if dvarim shebetzina lo noig (private matters don't apply)? The shiur analyzes the dispute between Rashi (רש"י) and Tosafos on whether the heter here involves delaying kevura or permitting relations during aninus. Tosafos seems to hold there's an issur during aninus itself, creating a stronger chiddush than Rashi's approach.
This shiur provides an in-depth analysis of the machlokes between Rashi (רש"י) and Tosafos (תוספות) regarding the case of a choson whose relative dies on his wedding day. The Gemara (גמרא) permits him to be boel beilas mitzvah (מצוה) before burying the deceased, but the meforshim disagree on the underlying reasoning. Rashi's position is that the primary heter involves delaying the kevura (burial). According to Rashi, there's normally a chiyuv to bury immediately (halanas hameisim), and every second of delay constitutes a bitul asei. The heter here allows postponing the kevura to avoid financial loss from the wedding preparations. Rashi learns that during aninus itself, there's no inherent issur on chuppah or biah - the only problem is the delay in burial.
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Kesubos 4a
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