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אבא שאול אומר: אף באיש אחד ושתי נשים. ואין עומדין עליו בשורה. ואין אומרים עליו ברכת אבלים ותנחומי אבלים.
Abba Shaul says: The infant may be taken out even by one man and two women, for there is no concern with regard to seclusion in a time of mourning. And for such an infant, people do not stand in a line to offer their condolences to the mourners, as is ordinarily done after a burial; nor do others recite over him the mourners’ blessing, which is recited in the courtyard of the graveyard after the burial; nor is the usual formula for the consolation of mourners recited during the 7 days of mourning.
בן שלשים יוצא בדלוסקמא. רבי יהודה אומר: לא דלוסקמא הניטלת בכתף, אלא הניטלת באגפיים. ועומדין עליו בשורה, ואומרים עליו ברכת אבלים ותנחומי אבלים.
A 30-day-old infant that dies is taken out for burial in a coffin [deluskema]. R' Yehuda says: Not in a small coffin that is carried on one’s shoulder, but rather in a coffin that is carried in the arms of two people. And for such an infant, people stand in a line to offer their condolences to the mourners. And others recite the mourners’ blessing at the cemetery. And people recite the consolation of mourners during the week of mourning.
בן שנים עשר חדש יוצא במטה. רבי עקיבא אומר: הוא בן שנה ואבריו כבן שתים, הוא בן שתים ואבריו כבן שנה — יוצא במטה.
A 12-month-old infant is taken out for burial on a bier, just as an adult is. R' Akiva says: This halakha applies if the infant that dies is one year old and his limbs are like those of a two year old, so that he looks older, or if he is two years old and his limbs are like those of a one-year-old. Only then he is taken out on a bier.
רבי שמעון בן אלעזר אומר: היוצא במטה — רבים מצהיבין עליו. אינו יוצא במטה — אין רבים מצהיבין עליו. רבי אלעזר בן עזריה אומר: ניכר לרבים — רבים מתעסקים עמו, אינו ניכר לרבים — אין רבים מתעסקים עמו.
R' Shimon ben Elazar says: For one that is taken out on a bier, the public should grieve [matzhivin]. For one that is not taken out on a bier, the public need not grieve. R' Elazar ben Azarya says: The halakha is as follows: If the infant was known to the public, because he regularly left the house and many people knew him, the public must occupy themselves with him and participate in his burial. If he was not known to the public, the public need not occupy themselves with him.