The Mishnah says that one is not liable for tearing clothes as a sign of mourning or to calm anger. The Talmud qualifies the first statement and rejects the second. An interesting example of how we don’t follow the rulings of the Mishnah.

M. Shabbat 13:3: Is Breaking Fixing?

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