ד רִבִּי צִיוָה שְׁלֹשָׁה דְבָרִים בִּשְׁעַת פְּטִירָתוֹ מִן הָעוֹלָם. אַל תָּזוּז אַלְמָנָתִי מִבֵּיתִי. וְאַל תִּסְפְּדוּנִי בָּעֲיָירוֹת. וּמִי שֶׁנִּיטְפַּל בִּי בְּחַיָּי יְטַפֵּל בִּי בְמוֹתִי. אַל תָּזוּז אַלְמָנָתִי מִבֵּיתִי. וְלָאו מַתְנִיתָא הִיא אַלְמָנָה שֶׁאָמְרָה אֵי אֶיפְשִׁי לָזוּז מִבֵּית בַּעֲלִי. אָמַר רִבִּי דּרוֹסָא<i data-commentator="Notes by Heinrich Guggenheimer" data-label="69"></i> דְּלָא יֵימְרוּן לָהּ בֵּיתָה דִּנְשִׂיוּתָה הוּא מְשׁוּעֲבָד הוּא לִנְישִׂיוּתָה. אָמַר רִבִּי לָעְזָר בַּר יוֹסֵה כְּהָדָא דְתַנֵּי דָּרָה בַבָּתִּים כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהָיְתָה דָּרָה בָהֶן וּבַעֲלָהּ נָתוּן בִּמְדִינַת הַיָּם. וּמִשְׁתַּמֶּשֶׁת בִּכְלֵי כֶסֶף וּבִכְלֵי זָהָב כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהָיְתָה מִשְׁתַּמֶּשֶׁת וּבַעֲלָהּ נָתוּן בִּמְדִינַת הַיָּם. וְנִיזּוֹנֶת כְּשֵׁם שֶׁהָיְתָה נִיזּוֹנֶת וּבַעֲלָהּ נָתוּן בִּמְדִינַת הַיָּם. וְאַל תִּסְפְּדוּנָי בָּעֲיָירוֹת מִפְּנֵי הַמַּחֲלוֹקֶת. וּמִי שֶׁנִּיטְפַּל בִּי בְּחַיָּי יְטַפֵּל בִּי בְמוֹתִי. אָמַר רִבִּי חֲנַנְיָה דְּצִיפּוֹרִין כְּגוֹן יוֹסֵי אֶפְרָתִי וְיוֹסֵף חֵפָנִים. רִבִּי חִזְקִיָּה מוֹסִיף אַל תַּרְבּוּ עָלַי תַּכְרִיכִין. וּתְהֵא אֲרוֹנִי נְקוּבָה בָּאָרֶץ. מִילְתָא אָמְרִין בְּסַדִּין אֶחָד נִקְבַּר רִבִּי. דְּרִבִּי אָמַר לָא כְּמַה דְבַר אִינָּשׁ אֲזַל הוּא אֲתִי. וְרַבָּנִין אָמְרִין כְּמַה דְבַר נָשׁ אֲזַל הוּא אֲתִי. תַּנֵּי בְשֵׁם רִבִּי נָתָן כְּסוּת הַיּוֹרֶדֶת עִם אָדָם לִשְׁאוֹל הִיא בָאָה עִמּוֹ מַה טַעֲמָא תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחוֹמֶר חוֹתָם וְיִתְיַיצְּבוּ כְּמוֹ לְבוּשׁ. אַנְטוֹלִינוֹס שְׁאַל לְרִבִּי מַהוּ תִּתְהַפֵּךְ כְּחוֹמֶר חוֹתָם אָמַר לֵיהּ מִי שֶׁהוּא מֵבִיא אֶת הַדּוֹר הוּא מַלְבִּישׁוֹ.
4 Rebbi commanded three things on his death-bed: My widow should not move from my house; do not eulogize me in small towns; and he who served me during my lifetime should serve me in my death. “My widow should not move from my house,” is that not a Mishnah? “The widow who said, I cannot possibly move from my husband’s house …” Rebbi Dositheos said, that they should not say, this is the house of the patriarchate and must serve the patriarchate. Rebbi Eleazar bar Yose said, as we have stated: “She lives in the houses just as she lived while her husband was overseas, she uses silver and golden vessels just as she used to while her husband was overseas, she is fed just as she was fed while her husband was overseas.” “Do not eulogize me in small towns” because of the quarrels. “He who served me during my lifetime should serve me in my death;” Rebbi Ḥananiah from Sepphoris said, for example Yose Ephrati and Joseph from Haifa. Rebbi Ḥizqiah added, do not use many shrouds on me and let my coffin have holes at the bottom. These words say that Rebbi was buried in a single shroud since Rebbi said, not as a man left, he will come. But the rabbis say, just as a man left, he will come. It was stated in the name of Rebbi Nathan: The garment that went with a person to the grave will come back with him. What is the reason? (Job 38:14) “The seal turns itself around like clay, they appear in dress.” Antoninus asked Rebbi, what is the meaning of “The seal turns itself around like clay?” He said to him, He Who brings the generation clothes it.