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Attending Wedding During Mourning

Can my sisters-brothers attend my son’s wedding after our Mother was niftar and the wedding is after Shloshim but within year of Aveilus? If so, what are the the halachos relating how to attend. We are all a close family together. My parents would definitely have wanted us to attend – without any Sofek!

Answer:

They may attend the Chuppa itself. During the seuda, they should not sit and eat with everyone and should not be present by the dancing. The may enter the wedding to serve food as waiters, but should eat by themselves in a different room.

Sources:

Rama Y:D 391:3, Aruch HAshulchan ibid. seif 13, Shu”T Shevet Halevi Y:D 213.

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