ג תַּנִּי רִבִּי יוּדָה אוֹמֵר הָיוּ כוּלָּם שׁוּרָה אַחַת הָעוֹמְדִין מִשּׁוּם כָּבוֹד חַיָיבִין. מִשּׁוּם אֵבֶל פְּטוּרִין. יָרְדוּ לְסֶפֶד הָרוֹאִים פְּנִים פְּטוּרִין. וּשְׁאֵינָן רוֹאִין פְּנִים חַיָיבִין. הֲוֵי הֲדָא דְתַנִּינָן הָעוֹמְדִין בַּשּׁוּרָה הַפְּנִימִיִּים פְּטוּרִין וְהַחִיצוֹנִים חַיָיבִין מִשְׁנָה אַחֲרוֹנָה. הֲדָא דְתַנִּי הָעוֹמְדִין מִשּׁוּם כָּבוֹד חַיָיבִין. מִשּׁוּם אֵבֶל פְּטוּרִין מִשְׁנָה רִאשׁוֹנָה. וְהַיי דְתַנִּינָן תַּמָּן וּכְשֶׁהוּא מְנַחֵם אֶת אֲחֵרִים דֶּרֶךְ כָּל הָעָם עוֹבְרִין זֶה אַחַר זֶה. וְהַמְמוּנֶּה מְמַצְּעוֹ בֵּינוֹ לְבֵין הָעָם מִשְׁנָה אַחֲרוֹנָה. ס״א ראשונה. אָמַר רִבִּי חֲנִינָא בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה הָיוּ מִשְׁפָּחוֹת עוֹמְדוֹת וַאֲבֵלִים עוֹבְרִין. מִשֶּׁרָבַת תַּחֲרוּת בְּצִיפּוֹרִין הִתְקִין רִבִּי יוֹסֵי בֶּן חֲלַפְתָּא שֶׁיְּהוּ הַמִּשְׁפָּחוֹת עוֹבְרוֹת וְהָאֲבֵלִים עוֹמְדִין. אָמַר רִבִּי [שְׁמוּאֵל תּוֹסֶפְתָּה] חָזְרוּ הַדְּבָרִים לְיוֹשְׁנָן.
3 It is stated (<i>Tosephta Berakhot</i> 2:11): “Rebbi Judah says, if they all are standing in one row, those who are standing because of honor are obliged, those because of mourning are exempt. When they descend for a eulogy, those who see inside are exempt, those who do not see inside are obliged.” It would be that what we stated: “Those who stand in the row, the innermost are exempt and the outer ones are obliged” is the last teaching, and what is stated: “Those who are standing because of honor are obliged, those because of mourning are exempt”, is the first teaching. And what we have stated there (Mishnah <i>Sanhedrin</i> 2:2): “When he consoles others, all the people stand one behind the other and the executive officer becomes a partition between himself and the people”, the last teaching. (Another opinion: the first.) Rebbi Ḥanina said: Originally, all families were standing still and the mourners passed between them. When competition increased in Sepphoris, Rebbi Yose ben Ḥalaphta decreed that the families should pass by and the mourners stand still. Rebbi Samuel Tosephta said: Matters returned to their original state.