And she shall remove the garment of her captivity from upon her, and she shall remain in your house and weep for her father and her mother a full month; and afterward you may come to her and possess her, and she shall be your wife.
English: “A month of days” — from here the Sages derived support for the thirty-day period of mourning.
On the daf / in context: Rambam cites this verse (via Yerushalmi) as an asmachta for the standard thirty-day mourning period that applies after the death of a close relative. The same fixed length appears in the captive-woman law.
Type of Learning
Asmachta (scriptural support) for the thirty-day mourning period.
What Is Learned
The thirty-day mourning period observed after the death of a relative finds scriptural support in the “yerach yamim” of the captive woman.