opposed to this—and it is the correct one—is that there is no contradiction between the two. This suffering does not mean that the sin of a woman who wails is transferred to someone else; rather, her sin of wailing remains hers to bear. Nor is it punishment inflicted on the deceased for her wailing because he failed to forbid it, or for some similar reason. Rather, it is a kind of pain and distress caused by her wailing, just as the deceased is distressed by other things, as has been explained at length elsewhere. Hence the wording is “he is made to suffer,” not “he is punished.” The term “suffering” is used to refer to