"When a family member dies the entire family is distraught."
We might think that only the closest relations, or the person who wept the most, requires solace and attention. Not so, says the Talmud.
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"When a friend passes away the group of friends is deeply pained."
We tend to think that a friend's death is mutually carried by each person close to them and that shared pain is divvied up and diminished. Again, not so. The peer group agonizes over the loss of its friendship circle.
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