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 »
Category: Death anniversary (yahrtzeit)
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »