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What dates should you avoid arranging a matzeivah?

Question: Apart from Chol HaMoed, are there any other dates that it is not recommended to arrange a matzeivah? Answer: To do the actual erecting and say tehillim at that… Read more »

Visiting the grave Grave matzeiva monument
01/05/2020
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Unveiling between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

Question: My wife and daughter passed away in mid-October of 2018. We are thinking of having the unveiling of their tombstones on Sunday, Oct. 6th 2019 – which falls during… Read more »

Visiting the grave Aseres yemei teshuvah unveiling
25/02/2019
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Spelling out the name of the niftar by a matzeivah

Question: when one says tehillim by a matzeivah spelling out the name of the niftar, does one spell out the name of the father too, i.e. ploni ben ploni or… Read more »

Visiting the grave Cemetery tehillim
15/10/2018
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Mother’s name on matzeva and not father’s name

Question: I recently saw many tombstone inscriptions from Bratislava (Pressburg), and all mention the mother’s name and not the father. I’d like to know the source & origin of the… Read more »

Visiting the grave Cemetery tombstone
14/10/2018
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Visiting a kever

Question: Does a child in a year of aveilut for a parent visit their grave before Yom Kippur? Answer: A child may go to the grave of a parent during… Read more »

Visiting the grave Cemetery yom kippur
15/09/2018
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What are the guidelines for how often one may visit a jewish cemetery?

Question: What are the guidelines for how often one may visit a jewish cemetery? Is there a difference for kivrei tzadikim? I heard one should not go more then once… Read more »

Visiting the grave cemetary
11/04/2018
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Unveiling

Question: I thought a child was not supposed to go to the cemetery during the first year after the death of their parent. How doe this work with an unveiling?… Read more »

Visiting the grave Cemetery unveiling
19/03/2018
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Purim Yarzheit

Question: My mother died last Purim morning. We were planning on getting a minyan together to say kaddish on Purim morning. Is this allowed because it is Purim day? If… Read more »

Visiting the grave Purim yahrzeit
18/02/2018
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Candle when Matzeivah is not up yet

Question: When I go to visit the cemetary on the day of the sheloshim, there will not yet be a matzeviah up. There is only a small wooden sign marking… Read more »

Visiting the grave candle tombstone
03/12/2017
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Visiting Cemetery on Chol hamoed

Question: Can you visit the cemetery between the first two days of Succos and Simchas Torah? Answer: The minhag is not to visit the cemetery during Chol Hamoed. Therefore you… Read more »

Visiting the grave Cemetery on Chol HaMoed
03/09/2017
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May I visit my mothers grave Friday -Her yurzeit is shabboss

Question: May I visit my mother’s grave on Friday – her yurzeit is shabbos Answer: Yes, but it should preferably be done before chatzos.

Visiting the grave cemetary yartzeit
01/09/2017
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Didn’t visit kever in ten years

Question: If someone has not visit his parent’s kever within 10 years is there a minhag not to go anymore? Answer: There are seforim (Taamei Haminhagim 1070 from the Divrei… Read more »

Visiting the grave Grave yahrzeit
15/02/2017
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Mazava for child

Question: Should one or does one need to put up a Mazava for a child who died. And if not from what age should one put a mazava up. Answer:… Read more »

Visiting the grave child tombstone
16/01/2017
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Going to the Kever on Shloshim

Question: If the mishpacha is not erecting the matzeiva at the Shloshim, are they still required to go to the Kever? The family went when they got up from Shiva…. Read more »

Visiting the grave
27/07/2016

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