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את הבגדים. והם בגדי קדש: THE GARMENTS. The reference is to the holy garments.
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את ראשו לא יפרע ובגדיו לא יפרם. מזה הכתוב נלמוד מה שהעתיקו חז״ל במשפט האבלות: SHALL NOT LET THE HAIR OF HIS HEAD GO LOOSE, NOR REND HIS CLOTHES. We learn from this verse what our sages transmitted regarding the laws of mourning.47According to the rabbis a mourner has to rend his garments and is prohibited from cutting his hair. Our verse shows that the latter are mourning practices.