Yahrzeit: Difference between revisions

# If the Yehrzeit falls out on any day which there is no Tachanun. The fast isn't made up another day.<ref>Rama YD 402:12</ref> According to Sephardim the fast is made up the next day.<ref>Bedek Habayit 403:12 quoting the Maharik 31</ref>

# If someone's parent passed away in a leap year in the first Adar then the yehrzeit is established during the first Adar whenever it is a leap year. The same is true of the second Adar.<ref>Rama YD 402:12</ref>  

# If the yehrzeit fell out on Friday according to Ashkenazim one can break the fast after leaving shul even if it isn't tzet hakochavim. If he once fasted on Friday completely then he need to do so every time unless he specified that he was doing so bli neder.<ref>Rama YD 402:12 writes that a Yehrzeit on Friday doesn't need to be completed but if he did fast completely once he needs to continue that practice. The Maharshal (responsa 9 cited by Taz OC 249:3) explains that if the first year was during the week and he completed the fast then his practice is established as completing the fast even when the yehrzeit will fall out on a Friday. However, the Taz OC 249:3 argues that since one didn't intend to accept upon oneself to complete the fast on Friday just because one fasted during the week it isn't binding as a neder. Also, the Pitchei Teshuva YD 402:8 quotes the Chut Shani 66 and Nachalat Shiva 58 who explains that whatever he practiced the first time the first yehrzeit fell out on a Friday establishes his practice going forward when the yehrzeit will fall out on a Friday. The Gilyon Maharsha 402:12 agrees but is afraid to disagree with the Maharshal. </ref> Sephardim hold that a yehrzeit fast on Friday needs to be completed until tzet hakochavim.<ref>Shulchan Aruch OC 249:3</ref>

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