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# If one comforts a mourner on [[Shabbat]] one should say "[[Shabbat]] Hiy MeLeNachem VeNechama Krova Lavo" and some are lenient to say HaMakom Yinachamecha. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 287:3 </ref>
# If one comforts a mourner on [[Shabbat]] one should say "[[Shabbat]] Hiy MeLeNachem VeNechama Krova Lavo" and some are lenient to say HaMakom Yinachamecha. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 287:3 </ref>
===Yom Tov===
===Yom Tov===
# The Ashkenazic minhag is not to go to go to the house of the mourner on Shabbat or Yom Tov but the minhag is to comfort the mourner on Chol Hamoed, Rosh Chodesh, Chanuka, and Purim.<ref>Gesher Hachaim 1:20:5:2</ref>
# If someone's relative dies on Yom Tov or Chol Hamoed according to Shulchan Aruch the community should perform nichum aveilum on Yom Tov and Chol Hamoed.<ref>Shulchan Aruch OC 548:6, Shulchan Aruch YD 399:2</ref> The Ashkenazic minhag is not to go to go to the house of the mourner on Shabbat or Yom Tov but the minhag is to comfort the mourner on Chol Hamoed, Rosh Chodesh, Chanuka, and Purim.<ref>Gesher Hachaim 1:20:5:2</ref>
 
===Tisha B'av===
===Tisha B'av===
# If one is going to make a shiva call on Tisha B'av, he should ideally do so after midday but if that is not possible he may go earlier.<ref>Iggerot Moshe 5:20:22</ref>
# If one is going to make a shiva call on Tisha B'av, he should ideally do so after midday but if that is not possible he may go earlier.<ref>Iggerot Moshe 5:20:22</ref>