You shall not eat leaven with it; seven days you shall eat with it matzos, the bread of affliction, for in haste you went out of the land of Egypt, in order that you may remember the day of your going out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
English: "The days of your life" — days when you are occupied with the living, and not days when you are occupied with the dead; from here we learn that one whose dead lies before him is exempt from the Shema and from tefillin.
On the daf / in context: A person engaged in the immediate care of the deceased is released from positive commandments that require mental concentration on the living.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Berachos) — one occupied with the dead is exempt from Shema and tefillin.
What Is Learned
A person whose deceased relative lies before him is exempt from the recital of the Shema and from wearing tefillin.