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==Completion of Shloshim==
==Completion of Shloshim==
# Shloshim is considered completed on right after Netz on the thirtieth day.<ref>Tur and Shulchan Aruch 395:1</ref>
# Shloshim is considered completed on right after Netz on the thirtieth day.<ref>Tur and Shulchan Aruch 395:1</ref>
==Yom Tov Canceling Shloshim==
# If the aveilut began seven days or more before Yom Tov then Yom Tov cancels the shloshim. Even if the seventh day of shiva is Erev Yom Tov, the shiva is complete in the morning of the seventh day and the Yom Tov cancels shloshim and it is permitted to shave that day.<ref>Moed Katan 19b, Shulchan Aruch YD 399:3, Shulchan Aruch OC 548:8</ref> Ashkenazim only permit doing laundry, bathing, and shaving close to the Yom Tov except on Erev Peasch in which case it is preferable before midday.<ref>Rama YD 399:3</ref>
# If the eighth day of aveilut is Erev Yom Tov but it is a Shabbat then Yom Tov cancels shloshim and on the seventh day of aveilut prior to Shabbat it is permitted to shave.<ref>Moed Katan 19b, Shulchan Aruch YD 399:3, Shulchan Aruch OC 548:8</ref>
# If the seventh day of shiva is Erev Yom Tov but it is a Shabbat then Yom Tov cancels shloshim but it is forbidden to shave prior to Shabbat since Friday is only the sixth day of shiva.<ref>Moed Katan 17b, Shulchan Aruch YD 399:3, Shulchan Aruch OC 548:8</ref>
==Going to a Festive Meal==
==Going to a Festive Meal==
# It is forbidden for a mourner within the first 30 days of mourning to go to any meal of friends.<ref>Gemara Moed Katan 22b states that during shloshim it is forbidden to go to a meal of friends unless there is a rotation of those who have meals together and it is the mourner's turn to pay it back. This is codified by Tur and Shulchan Aruch YD 391:2.</ref>
# It is forbidden for a mourner within the first 30 days of mourning to go to any meal of friends.<ref>Gemara Moed Katan 22b states that during shloshim it is forbidden to go to a meal of friends unless there is a rotation of those who have meals together and it is the mourner's turn to pay it back. This is codified by Tur and Shulchan Aruch YD 391:2.</ref>