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# A elder or disabled person who can't stand, should tear Keriyah while seated. <ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu's comment on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 195:1</ref> | # A elder or disabled person who can't stand, should tear Keriyah while seated. <ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu's comment on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 195:1</ref> | ||
===Where on the garment to rip=== | ===Where on the garment to rip=== | ||
# One should tear the front of | # One should tear the front of the shirt from the collar downward (vertically) and not across. If one tore the back, the bottom, or the side one didn't fulfill his obligation.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 340:2, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 195:2</ref> | ||
# One must tear the garment where it was originally complete and not an area which was only sewn together. <ref>Kitzur | # One must tear the garment where it was originally complete and not an area which was only sewn together. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 195:2</ref> | ||
# Nowadays, the practice is for someone to begin the tear with a knife and then the mourner should complete the tear himself. <ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu's comment on Kitzur | # Nowadays, the practice is for someone to begin the tear with a knife and then the mourner should complete the tear himself. <ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu's comment on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 195:3</ref> | ||
# One who is [[mourning]] a parent should tear on the left side of one's body so as to uncover one's heart, but one who is [[mourning]] any other relative should tear on the right side of one's body. If one did otherwise, after the fact one fulfilled one's obligation either way.<ref>Kitzur | # One who is [[mourning]] a parent should tear on the left side of one's body so as to uncover one's heart, but one who is [[mourning]] any other relative should tear on the right side of one's body. If one did otherwise, after the fact one fulfilled one's obligation either way.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 195:4</ref> | ||
===Which garments to tear=== | ===Which garments to tear=== | ||
# One who is [[mourning]] any relative other than a parent should tear should tear one's outer garment such as one's shirt, but not an outer garment which one only wears sometimes such as a coat or jacket. <ref>Kitzur S”A 195:3 writes that one who is [[mourning]] a relative other than a parent should rip one's outer garment. Rav Mordechai Eliyahu's comment on Kitzur S”A 195:4 writes that such a mourner should rip his shirt and not his coat. </ref> | # One who is [[mourning]] any relative other than a parent should tear should tear one's outer garment such as one's shirt, but not an outer garment which one only wears sometimes such as a coat or jacket. <ref>Kitzur S”A 195:3 writes that one who is [[mourning]] a relative other than a parent should rip one's outer garment. Rav Mordechai Eliyahu's comment on Kitzur S”A 195:4 writes that such a mourner should rip his shirt and not his coat. </ref> | ||
