Translation:Mishnah/Seder Zeraim/Tractate Berakhot/Chapter 3/1/Translation


 * One whose dead lies before him,
 * he is exempt from reciting the Shema, from saying the Amidah and from wearing tefillin.


 * The pall bearers, their replacements and the replacements of the replacements,
 * whether in front of or behind the stretcher,
 * if they are needed for the stretcher they are exempt [from reciting the Shema],
 * if they are not needed for the stretcher they are obligated [to recite the Shema].


 * In either case, they are exempt from saying the Amidah.