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It is a great mitzvah to deliver a eulogy for the deceased man or woman.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 344:2</ref> The primary obligation to arrange to have eulogies falls upon the inheritors of the deceased and for a married woman the obligation falls upon her husband. They are obligated to spend to make a eulogy according to the common custom of what is respectful. <ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 344:9, | It is a great mitzvah to deliver a eulogy for the deceased man or woman.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 344:2</ref> The primary obligation to arrange to have eulogies falls upon the inheritors of the deceased and for a married woman the obligation falls upon her husband. They are obligated to spend to make a eulogy according to the common custom of what is respectful.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 344:9, | ||
Shulchan Aruch EH 89:1</ref> | Shulchan Aruch EH 89:1</ref> | ||
==What a Eulogy should Include?== | ==What a Eulogy should Include?== | ||
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# It is forbidden to deliver a eulogy on Chol Hamoed except for a talmid chacham.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 401:1</ref> Ashkenazim hold that nowadays we don't have a talmid chacham for this purpose.<ref>Magen Avraham 547:8, Mishna Brurah 547:26, Gesher Hachaim 1:13:10. | # It is forbidden to deliver a eulogy on Chol Hamoed except for a talmid chacham.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 401:1</ref> Ashkenazim hold that nowadays we don't have a talmid chacham for this purpose.<ref>Magen Avraham 547:8, Mishna Brurah 547:26, Gesher Hachaim 1:13:10. | ||
Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 288) writes that Sephardim hold that we have the halacha of talmid chacham for this purpose nowadays.</ref> | Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 288) writes that Sephardim hold that we have the halacha of talmid chacham for this purpose nowadays.</ref> | ||
# It is forbidden to deliver a eulogy on Chanuka, Purim, or Rosh Chodesh except for a talmid chacham.<ref>Rambam Aveilut 11:3, Bet Yosef YD 401:7</ref> Many poskim hold that we do have a talmid chacham for this purpose nowadays.<ref>Even though the Magen Avraham 547:8 and Mishna Brurah 547:26 write that we don't have a talmid chacham today for the purposes of performing a eulogy on chol hamoed, the Eliya Rabba 420:2 points out that the Levush holds that even today we have a talmid chacham. Also, it is possible that the Magen Avraham was only strict about chol hamoed. Aruch Hashulchan 420:1, Gesher Hachaim 1:13:10, and Chazon Ovadia (v. 1 p. 388) agree with the Levush.</ref> | # It is forbidden to deliver a eulogy on Chanuka, Purim, or Rosh Chodesh except for a talmid chacham.<ref>Rambam Aveilut 11:3 writes that it is forbidden to deliver a eulogy on Chanuka, Purim, and Rosh Chodesh. Mordechai Moed Katan no. 909 writes that it is forbidden to have a eulogy on Chanuka, Purim, and Rosh Chodesh. Tur OC 420:1 agrees that it is forbidden to have a eulogy on Rosh Chodesh. The Bet Yosef YD 401:7 cites the Rambam and Mordechai. Shulchan Aruch OC 420:1 only records the Mishna Moed Katan 28b that it is forbidden to have wailing of one woman calling one and others answering and not the Rambam. Chaye Adam 118:7, Kaf Hachaim 420:1, and Chazon Ovadia Aveilut v. 1 p. 282 write that eulogies are forbidden on Rosh Chodesh.</ref> Many poskim hold that we do have a talmid chacham for this purpose nowadays.<ref>Even though the Magen Avraham 547:8 and Mishna Brurah 547:26 write that we don't have a talmid chacham today for the purposes of performing a eulogy on chol hamoed, the Eliya Rabba 420:2 points out that the Levush holds that even today we have a talmid chacham. Also, it is possible that the Magen Avraham was only strict about chol hamoed. Aruch Hashulchan 420:1, Gesher Hachaim 1:13:10, and Chazon Ovadia (v. 1 p. 388) agree with the Levush.</ref> | ||
# Some Ashkenazim don't do a eulogy on any day when there's no tachanun since the eulogy is connected with tziduk hadin.<ref>Gesher Hachaim 1:13 fnt. 5</ref> | # Some Ashkenazim don't do a eulogy on any day when there's no tachanun since the eulogy is connected with tziduk hadin.<ref>Gesher Hachaim 1:13 fnt. 5</ref> | ||
# Whenever it is forbidden to do a eulogy it is permitted to speak about good virtues of the deceased in order to learn from them.<ref>Mishneh Halachot 6:209, Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 291)</ref> | |||
# Generally the eulogy is always before the burial. However, for a talmid chacham the eulogies can continue throughout shiva, for a gadol it could continue to shloshim and for a gadol hador it could continue for twelve months.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 344:18, Gesher Hachaim 1:13:5</ref> | # Generally the eulogy is always before the burial. However, for a talmid chacham the eulogies can continue throughout shiva, for a gadol it could continue to shloshim and for a gadol hador it could continue for twelve months.<Ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 344:18, Gesher Hachaim 1:13:5</ref> | ||
# If someone died before 30 days before Pesach, Shavuot, or Sukkot<ref>Gesher Hachaim 1:13:7 writes that Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur aren't considered a holiday for this purpose.</ref> the eulogy can only be done before 30 days before the holiday and not within those 30 days. However, if someone died within 30 days of the holiday the eulogy can be done then even if it is the eve of the holiday.<ref>Moed Katan 8a, Shulchan Aruch YD 347:1</ref> | # If someone died before 30 days before Pesach, Shavuot, or Sukkot<ref>Gesher Hachaim 1:13:7 writes that Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur aren't considered a holiday for this purpose.</ref> the eulogy can only be done before 30 days before the holiday and not within those 30 days. However, if someone died within 30 days of the holiday the eulogy can be done then even if it is the eve of the holiday.<ref>Moed Katan 8a, Shulchan Aruch YD 347:1</ref> | ||
