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# It is forbidden to speak Torah before a deceased person except for the need of the burial or in the hesped.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 344:16</ref> | # It is forbidden to speak Torah before a deceased person except for the need of the burial or in the hesped.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 344:16</ref> | ||
# It is permitted for an [[onen]] to learn Torah to prepare for the hesped since that is considered an honor for the deceased but otherwise it would be forbidden for him to learn Torah.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 270), Tzitz Eliezer (Ramat Rachel 5:46:3)</ref> | # It is permitted for an [[onen]] to learn Torah to prepare for the hesped since that is considered an honor for the deceased but otherwise it would be forbidden for him to learn Torah.<ref>Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 270), Tzitz Eliezer (Ramat Rachel 5:46:3)</ref> | ||
== | ==When to Do the Eulogy== | ||
# It is forbidden to deliver a eulogy on Chol Hamoed except for a talmid chacham.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 401:1</ref> | # It is forbidden to deliver a eulogy on Chol Hamoed except for a talmid chacham.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 401:1</ref> | ||
# It is forbidden to deliver a eulogy on Chanuka, Purim, or Rosh Chodesh.<ref>Rambam Aveilut 11:3, Bet Yosef YD 401:7</ref> | # It is forbidden to deliver a eulogy on Chanuka, Purim, or Rosh Chodesh.<ref>Rambam Aveilut 11:3, Bet Yosef YD 401:7</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> | |||
==Where to do the Eulogy== | ==Where to do the Eulogy== | ||
# It is forbidden to do the eulogy in the shul unless the person is a talmid chacham, someone of pure reputation, or someone of good deeds.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 344:19 permits giving a eulogy in a shul for a talmid chacham or his wife. Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 283) permits giving a eulogy in a shul for a person of pure reputation based on the Rambam (responsa pear hadur 77).</ref> | # It is forbidden to do the eulogy in the shul unless the person is a talmid chacham, someone of pure reputation, or someone of good deeds.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 344:19 permits giving a eulogy in a shul for a talmid chacham or his wife. Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 283) permits giving a eulogy in a shul for a person of pure reputation based on the Rambam (responsa pear hadur 77).</ref> | ||
