Ketubot 103B

והושיבו ישיבה לאחר שלשים יום״. ״שמעון בני חכם, גמליאל בני נשיא, חנינא בר חמא ישב בראש״.

and reconvene the study sessions at the yeshiva after 30 days of mourning. My son Shimon is a Sage. My son Gamliel should be the Nasi. Ḥanina bar Ḥama will sit at the head of the yeshiva.

אל תספדוני בעיירות ⁠— סבור מינה משום טרחא הוא דקאמר. כיון דחזו דקספדי בכרכים וקאתו כולי עלמא, אמרו: שמע מינה משום יקרא הוא דקאמר.

The Talmud explains the requests of R' Yehuda HaNasi: Do not eulogize me in the small towns. They understood from this statement that he said this due to the trouble that would be caused for many if he were eulogized in every town, since they would have to travel from the outlying villages to take part in the eulogies. However, when they saw that they were eulogizing him in the cities and everyone came despite the trouble, they said: Conclude from here that he said this due to considerations of honor. Had they eulogized him in the towns, the gatherings would have been small and unfitting for a man of his stature. He therefore requested that they arrange things in a way that large crowds would gather.

הושיבו ישיבה לאחר שלשים יום ⁠— דלא עדיפנא ממשה רבינו, דכתיב: ״ויבכו בני ישראל את משה בערבות מואב שלשים יום״, תלתין יומין ספדין ביממא וליליא, מכאן ואילך ספדו ביממא וגרסי בליליא, או ספדו בליליא וגרסי ביממא, עד דספדי תריסר ירחי שתא.

R' Yehuda HaNasi further instructed: Reconvene the study sessions at the yeshiva after 30 days of mourning. This is because I am not better than Moses, our teacher, as it is written: “And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab 30 days” (Deuteronomy 34:8), which means that for 30 days they eulogized him by day and night. From this point forward they eulogized him by day and they studied by night, or they eulogized him by night and studied by day, until they eulogized him for 12 months of the year.