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  • Death anniversary (yahrtzeit)

Fasting when yartzheit is on Shabbos

Question: For someone who is Ashkenazi and usually fasts on one’s father’s yartzheit, if it comes out on Shabbos this year, do we not fast at all or do we… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) Fasting yahrzeit
04/06/2020
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haircut on a yahrzeit

Question: May I get a haircut on the day of my father’s yahrzeit? (It.s not the first one.) Many thanks Answer: It is permitted for a person to get a… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) aveilus yahrzeit
23/02/2020
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Aveilus

Question: On the day of my father’s Yahrzeit can i go to my grandson’s Bar Mitzvah with Music and dance? I see the Rov writes not to a chasuna, Is… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) Bar Mitzvah yahrzeit
21/01/2020
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Kiddush donation for a yahrzeit

Question: The yahrzeit Of my mother a”h is Tévet 26th. What is the better minhag : to donate the breakfast at the synagogue on the yahrzeit day so brachot could… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) yahrzeit
13/01/2020
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yahrtzeit seuda

Question: My father z”l’s 1st yahrtzeit is coming up on Tzom Gedala. When should the seudas yartzeit/siyum take place? Motzei Rosh hashana, very late and after 2 days of eating… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) yahrzeit
13/09/2019
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aveilut

Question: שלום אני מגיע לקראת סוף הי”ב חדש של אבילות לאבי ז”ל שנפטר בצום גדלי’ שעבר. רציתי לדעת אם יש מה שהוא מיוחד ליום שנגמר אבילות בשנה מעוברת שאניו יום… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) yahrzeit
20/08/2019
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If I missed the yahrtzeit, is there any significance in going 3 days later?

Question: Today was my son’s 11th yahrtzeit. I was unable to go to the kever due to another child being in the hospital and being discharged only today. (My family… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) cemetary yahrzeit
25/07/2019
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Yartzeit

Question: Is one allowed to fly on a plane to go on vacation on the day of his/her mother’s Yartzeit especially if the son of the mother will miss saying… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) kaddish yahrzeit
17/05/2019
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Saying kaddish during aveilus on day of yahrtziet of the other parent

Question: I am in the year of Aveilus for my mother, my Father’s Z”L yortziet is coming up when I daven before the amud and say Kaddish do I say… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) aveilus kaddish yahrzeit
09/04/2019
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Kel maleh rachamim for parent’s yahrtziet in Nissan

Question: Dea Rabbi, I have yahrtzeit for a parent on the 5th of Nissan. I am aware during Nissan we do not say the kel maleh rachamim prayer for the… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) Keil maleh rachamim Shabbos yahrzeit
15/03/2019
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YARZEIT ADAR leap year

Question: In a leap year, when should one “celebrate” a yarzeit in ADAR 1 or ADAR 2 when a parent passed away in a non leap-year YEAR? Are their different… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) yahrzeit
29/01/2019
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Taanis Yachid on sunday

Question: I have a Yartzeit on Motzei Shabbos-Sunday. How do I go about accepting it at Mincha Shabbos afternoon? Is it a problem of Hachana? Where can I find this… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) yahrzeit
11/01/2019
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Yahrzeit candles

Question: Dear Rabbi, What must be known of the halacha of yahrzeit. Must a candle be lit at a time specific. Can you light early or prefer a sunrise lighting… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) yahrzeit
01/01/2019
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Attending a Pidyon Haben on a Yahrtziet

Question: I have been invited to pidyon haben of family and it is on the yahrzeit of my mother. Can I go or not? Answer:   You may go to… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) Pidyon Haben yahrzeit
16/12/2018
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seudah of bar mitvah on fathers yortzeit

Question: Can I attend a seudah of a friend’s bar mitzvah on my father’s yortziet? ראיתי בש”ך שאין לאכול בסעודת משתה ושמחה ביום היארצייט. השאלה היא אם זהו בכלל סעודת… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) Wedding yahrzeit
18/10/2018
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Relations on yahrtzeit

Question: Are relations permitted on the night when one spouse has yartzeit for a parent? The spouse w/o yartzeit is returning from a long trip that day. Answer: Yes they… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) yahrzeit
09/07/2018
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Yahrzeits

Question: Dear Rabbi, If a yahrzeit falls on a saturday, how does Israel observe. Assuming we do not light a candle overnight, one may not light on sabbath. Many thanks…. Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) yahrzeit
11/03/2018
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WHAT DATE DO I TAKE FOR MY SON’S YARZIET?

Question: We very recently lost our son after a very short and severe aggressive cancer of the stomach, kidneys and liver. As we live in Devon and it happened during… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) yahrzeit
15/01/2018
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Kaddish

Question: When to recite kaddish for a death person on the next year if a person passed away by12 am Answer: The day of the Yahrtzeit goes according to the… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) kaddish yahrzeit
24/12/2017
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Date of Yartzeit unknown

Question: A member of my wife’s extended family was nifta just over a year ago. The lived alone and was ‘found’. No one knows exactly the date of her passing… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) yartzeit
20/11/2017
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Yartzeit Kaddish for an Aunt

Question: If I missed saying Kaddish on my Aunts Yartzeit last week and no one else said Kaddish.Is it advisable/ recommened to simply say one Kadish now? Answer: It isn’t… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) kaddish yahrzeit
29/06/2017
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Buying a new item on Father’s Yur Zeit?

Question: Is it permissible to shop for new clothes or new sheitel on a father’s yurzeit (not the first yurzeit)? What about alterations or fixing a sheitel? Answer: You may… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) clothing yartzeit
25/01/2017
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Is a lady allowed to be on vacation when she has yahrzeit after her father?

Question: Is a lady allowed to be on vacation when she has yurzeit after her father? Answer: There is a difference between the first yahrtzeit and the other ones. The… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) vacation yahrzeit
16/01/2017
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Learning Mishnayot for a Deceased Parent During a Leap Year

Question: Dear Rabbis, In the first year after a parent’s passing – and when it is a leap year – I understand that mourning customs are observed for twelve months… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) Year of mourning mishanyos mourning
09/01/2017
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Prohibitions on Yahrzeit

Question: Are marital relations allowed on yahrzeit? Answer: Yes. The only person in mourning forbidden from marital relations is an ovel during the week of aveilusfollowing the funeral.  Regarding the day… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) marital relations yartzeit
20/09/2016
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Marital relations on a parents’ yartzeit

Question: May a couple have marital relations on a parents’ yartzeit ( not the first year)? Answer: It is permitted, only on the first yartzheit does one have to keep… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit)
01/08/2016
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End of Aveilus, Kaddish in Leap Year

Question: Dear Rabbi, My Father ZTL was niftar on the 19th Av (Tuesday 4th August 2015) in Chutz Laaretz and the Levayah was on 21 Av (Thursday 6th August 2015)… Read more »

Death anniversary (yahrtzeit) avelus Cemetery kaddish leap year
03/04/2016

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