Comforting the Mourners: Difference between revisions
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# One may visit the mourners even during the night.<ref> Gesher Hachaim vol. 1 page 209, Sh"t Yabea Omer vol. 10 pg. 299</ref> | # One may visit the mourners even during the night.<ref> Gesher Hachaim vol. 1 page 209, Sh"t Yabea Omer vol. 10 pg. 299</ref> | ||
===Shabbat=== | ===Shabbat=== | ||
# It is permitted to visit a mourner on [[Shabbat]]. However, one should not plan to visit a mourner specifically on [[Shabbat]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 287:1 writes that it's permitted to comfort a mourner on [[Shabbat]]. However, Mishna Brurah 287:1 points out that the Rabbis only permitted this with difficulty. Thus, says the Mishna Brurah, those who only comfort mourners on [[Shabbat]] are not acting correctly. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=2230 Rabbi Mansour on Dailyhalacha.com] says therefore one shouldn't specifically plan to visit on [[Shabbat]]. | # It is permitted to visit a mourner on [[Shabbat]]. However, one should not plan to visit a mourner specifically on [[Shabbat]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch 287:1 writes that it's permitted to comfort a mourner on [[Shabbat]]. However, Mishna Brurah 287:1 points out that the Rabbis only permitted this with difficulty. Thus, says the Mishna Brurah, those who only comfort mourners on [[Shabbat]] are not acting correctly. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/m/halacha.aspx?id=2230 Rabbi Mansour on Dailyhalacha.com] says therefore one shouldn't specifically plan to visit on [[Shabbat]]. Gesher Hachaim 1:20:5:2 writes that the sephardic minhag is to go to the mourner's house for comforting on Shabbat and Yom Tov. </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> | # 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=== | |||
# 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> | ||
