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