Moed Katan 3:7-8

Moed Katan 3:7

On chol hamoed, we may not tear clothes in mourning, nor bare a shoulder (as was the practice), nor serve a meal of condolence, except for the immediate relatives of the deceased, and even they eat the condolence meal on a regular chair (as opposed to a lowered seat). We do not bring the condolence meal to the mourners’ home in an ornate vessel, but in a simple basket. We do not recite the blessing of the mourners on chol hamoed but we do stand in a row, console the mourners and dismiss the crowd.

Moed Katan 3:8

We do not set the casket down in the street on chol hamoed so as not to prompt a eulogy; we never do so for women, out of respect. Women may wail on chol hamoed but they may not beat their hands. Rabbi Yishmael says that the women closest to the casket may beat their hands.