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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 </ref> | # There is a great mitzva to comfort mourners. <ref> Sotah 14a, Rambam Avel 14:1, Shulchan Aruch YD 376:1, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 207:1. Rambam Hilchot Avel 14:1 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 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> | # 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> | ||
# Included in the mitzvah of comforting the mourner is just being present.<ref>Moed Katan 21b, Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 3 p. 69)</ref> However, the mitzvah can also include speaking about the good deeds of the deceased.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 3 p. 69)</ref> | |||
==How to Comfort the Mourner== | ==How to Comfort the Mourner== | ||
