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*[[Shiva]] ([[First Week of Mourning]]) | *[[Shiva]] ([[First Week of Mourning]]) | ||
*[[Shloshim]] ([[First Month of Mourning]]) | *[[Shloshim]] ([[First Month of Mourning]]) | ||
*[[ | *[[Twelve Months]] ([[Extended Mourning For a Parent]]) | ||
*[[Yahrzeit]] ([[Yearly Commemoration For a Parent]]) | *[[Yahrzeit]] ([[Yearly Commemoration For a Parent]]) | ||
* [[Nichum Aveilim]] ([[Comforting the Mourners]]) | *[[Nichum Aveilim]] ([[Comforting the Mourners]]) | ||
*[[Mourning and Fasting on Chanuka]] | *[[Mourning and Fasting on Chanuka]] | ||
==General Halachot about Mourning== | |||
# An important aspect of mourning is doing teshuva. Anyone who doesn't mourner like chazal instructed is considered cruel.<ref>Rambam (Avel 13:12), Shulchan Aruch 394:6. See Birkei Yosef 395 who writes that it is inappropriate if a person doesn't cry even one tear during the first three days after the death of a relative unless he is holding back from crying because of marit ayin.</ref> | |||
# It is improper to mourn a deceased one more than chazal instructed. However, for a talmid chacham it is permitted but still it is only permitted to cry over the death until 30 days and give eulogies until 12 months. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 394:1-2</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 21:48, 7 July 2017
- Tearing Keriya (Rending one's Garments in Mourning)
- Onen (First Day of Mourning)
- Kevura (Burial)
- Shiva (First Week of Mourning)
- Shloshim (First Month of Mourning)
- Twelve Months (Extended Mourning For a Parent)
- Yahrzeit (Yearly Commemoration For a Parent)
- Nichum Aveilim (Comforting the Mourners)
- Mourning and Fasting on Chanuka
General Halachot about Mourning
- An important aspect of mourning is doing teshuva. Anyone who doesn't mourner like chazal instructed is considered cruel.[1]
- It is improper to mourn a deceased one more than chazal instructed. However, for a talmid chacham it is permitted but still it is only permitted to cry over the death until 30 days and give eulogies until 12 months. [2]
