And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they wailed with a very great and sore wailing; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
English: It was taught: From where do we know that mourning lasts seven days according to the Torah? As it is said “and he made a mourning for his father seven days.”
On the daf / in context: The explicit seven days observed for Yaakov is cited as a biblical source for the duration of avelus.
Type of Learning
Halachic derivation of the seven-day mourning period.
What Is Learned
The seven days of mourning have a source in the Torah from the mourning that Yosef observed for Yaakov.