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# There is a great mitzva to comfort mourners. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 207:1. Rambam Hilchot Avel 14 seems to hold that this mitzva is only rabbinic, although Rabbeinu Yonah to the beginning of the third chapter of Brachos indicates that one fulfills a mitzvah deoraisa by comforting a mourner < | # There is a great mitzva to comfort mourners. <ref> Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 207:1. Rambam Hilchot Avel 14 seems to hold that this mitzva is only rabbinic, although Rabbeinu Yonah to the beginning of the third chapter of Brachos indicates that one fulfills a mitzvah deoraisa by comforting a mourner </ref> | ||
# It is better to attend a mourner's house than a party.<ref>Kohelet 7:2, Aruch Hashulchan 403:8</ref> | |||
# It is better to comfort the mourner than to visit someone who is sick ([[Bikur Cholim]]).<ref>Rambam (Avel 14:7), Rama YD 335:10</ref> | |||
==How to Comfort the Mourner== | ==How to Comfort the Mourner== | ||
# It is crucial to remember that the reason for one's visit to the house of mourning is to comfort the mourner(s), and so one must be considerate to their wishes.<ref>Cf. Sefer Ahavas Chessed 3:6 and Sh"T Teshuvos V'Hanhagos 3:378</ref> | # It is crucial to remember that the reason for one's visit to the house of mourning is to comfort the mourner(s), and so one must be considerate to their wishes.<ref>Cf. Sefer Ahavas Chessed 3:6 and Sh"T Teshuvos V'Hanhagos 3:378</ref> | ||
