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work during shiva

Question:

Is a wife who is financially independent (i.e. her husband does not support her) allowed to work during the week that her husband is sitting shiva.

Answer:

Under normal circumstances the wife and children still at home cannot work if the husband is sitting shivah. The rwason being is that their earnings belong to the husband/father. But if the husband tells his wife explicitly that her wages belong only to her then she is allowed to work.

Sources:

Y:D 380:4,  Daas Kedoshim ibid.

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