Grace after Meals in a House of Mourning
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10th to 13th Century
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These additions to the Grace after Meals are for when it was recited after the meal eaten by the mourners upon their return from the burial. The practice of modifying the Grace after Meals for particular occasions appears in the Talmud (b. Berakhot 46b). The custom of consuming particular items at this meal also appears in eighth- or ninth-century collection The Chapters of R. Eliezer (Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer). The instructions are in Judeo-Arabic.
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