3. The reason and purpose behind the mourning rituals

• 0
• 781

16. Mourner attending Pidyon Haben – Onen, Shiva, Shloshim, Year of Aveilus

• 1
• 1263

Attending a meal and joyous event during the year of Aveilus, past Shloshim

• 0
• 1940

Autopsy in Jewish law

• 0
• 1104

Bathing during Shloshim

• 1
• 1656

Being buried in Eretz Yisrael

• 0
• 865

Burying a Gentile in a Jewish cemetery or vice versa

• 0
• 932

Buying a Plot

• 0
• 800

Buying and wearing new clothing

• 3
• 1554

Can a person sit Shiva for a missing person-Mourning if there is no identified body of the deceased

• 0
• 1055

Comforting a mourner after Shiva-May/Should one do so?

• 1
• 848

Descendants going to Levaya and Burial

• 0
• 865

Does a child who became Bar/Bas Mitzvah in Shiva, Shloshim, 12 months of mourning need to keep the laws of Aveilus?

• 0
• 892

From the Rav’s Desk: A father reciting Kaddish for a child who passed away r”l

• 0
• 1078

From the Rav’s Desk: Assisting in the cremation of a Gentile corpse

• 1
• 1204

From the Rav’s Desk: Convert keeping Yartzite for Jewish father

• 0
• 592

From the Rav’s Desk: Following mourning customs if a relative is reburied

• 0
• 1069

From the Rav’s Desk: Lighting from flame of Yartzite candle

• 0
• 774

From the Rav’s Desk: Mourner getting haircut prior to the passing of 3 months if reprimanded

• 0
• 880

From the Rav’s Desk: Mourning a non-Frum relative

• 0
• 640

Getting a haircut during Aveilus

• 2
• 2307
• 2

Giving a Hesped-Chabad custom and custom of other communities not to eulogize

• 1
• 888

Hallel in house of Avel

• 0
• 1267

Having a Mechitza by a Funeral and Eulogy

• 0
• 930

How does one calculate the end of the eleven months for Kaddish – from the time of death or the time of burial?

• 0
• 1763

How many Yartzite candles to light for parents?

• 1
• 1036

If a relative is sick and needs to sit shiva, how does he go about doing so if he cant keep it properly due to his illness?

• 0
• 900

If one did not begin saying Kaddish after the burial, for how long is Kaddish to be recited?

• 0
• 695

If the Avel during Shiva comes to Shul to Daven, is Tachanun to be recited?

• 0
• 1482

Is an Onen obligated to recite Sefiras Haomer?

• 0
• 719

Is Kaddish recited for a child who passed away below Bar Mitzvah r”l?

• 0
• 955

Is the Chabad custom to light a Yizkor candle?

• 1
• 1127

Keeping a happy mood around an ill person

• 0
• 522

Laws of Hesped/Eulogies

• 0
• 3008

Laws of precedence/Kadima for Chazan

• 0
• 1072

Learning the laws of Aveilus-Mourning and why some avoid doing so

• 0
• 626

Lighting a Yartzite or Yizkor candle for Yom Tov

• 2
• 1190

Likkut Atzamos-The process of unearthing and reburying a body

• 2
• 1065

May a Bar Mitzvah boy in Aveilus have music by his Bar Mitzvah celebration?

• 0
• 990

May a body be buried in an over ground structure [i.e. Mausoleums; Kevurat “Komot”; Rama, Sanhedrin cave burials]?

• 1
• 1212

May an Avel Daven for the Amud in the 13th month by a leap year

• 2
• 828

May an Avel participate in Simchas Beis Hashoeiva?

• 0
• 1136

May one eat food in a Shiva home?

• 2
• 1624

May one sign a DNI or DNR order for himself, or for a patient under his care

• 6
• 3917

Minhagei Yartzite for Yud Shvat

• 0
• 868

Minhagim for Gimmel Tammuz that falls on Shabbos

• 0
• 784

Minhagim relevant for when Yud Shevat falls on Shabbos

• 0
• 730

Mourning Aveilus – Short Q&A

• 0
• 707

Mourning customs kept by son or daughter in-law; grandchildren; grandparents and cousins upon passing of relative

• 0
• 950

Mourning laws applicable to Pesach

• 0
• 955

Moving a corpse outside of Israel for burial

• 0
• 982

Not to blow out candles with one’s mouth

• 8
• 2319

Participating in wedding and other festive meals on day of Yahrzeit

• 0
• 1937

Pesach & Erev Pesach breaking Shiva & Shloshim

• 0
• 1993

Ruling like the lenient opinion by Aveilus

• 0
• 724

Saying Kappitle 49 -Mem tes- in a Shiva Home

• 0
• 6765

Shomer Shabbos cemetery or plot

• 3
• 1194

Should an Avel lead the prayers also for Pesukei Dezimra?

• 0
• 666

Should one serve food or refreshments in a Shiva home?

• 0
• 941

Spilling water in home when person passes away

• 0
• 852

Tefillin on first day of mourning

• 0
• 1393

The accustomed dates for visiting the grave of a deceased relative

• 0
• 1788

The Brain death debate in Jewish law-Organ transplants and Removing from life support

• 0
• 1679

The Chevra Kadisha fast and prayers for the 15th of Kisleiv

• 2
• 1470

The Chevra Kadisha-Who are they and what are their responsibilities

• 0
• 676

The laws of mourning being called Miseches Semachos and Dinei Semachos

• 0
• 689

The Mitzvah of Bikur Cholim-Why? How? When?

• 0
• 902

The Mitzvah of Taharah and its order

• 0
• 906

The number of months to say Kaddish for a child who passed away r”l

• 1
• 1799

The vengeance of a murder victim in Halacha

• 0
• 832

Wearing the shoes and other clothing of the deceased

• 4
• 2905

What is the source for saying Shema Yisrael prior to death? Is this a Halacha?

• 0
• 1018

What to do if an Avel during shiva was accidentally called for an Aliyah on Shabbos

• 0
• 673

When to end the saying of Kaddish for one who passed away

• 4
• 2388

Who receives precedence for Maftir – an Avel within Shloshim or one who has a Yahrzeit?

• 0
• 870

Women going to Levaya

• 0
• 1126

Yizkor

• 1
• 1011