[Avodah] a troubling halacha

[Eli Turkel]

He is talking about a daughter .
His claim is that shiva and kriya is only if she knows and there is no mitzvah
for her to know. If she finds out after a month she sits "shiva" for a
few minutes
and his attitude is that is fine.
Any desires on the part of the daughter to participate in the mourning
are meaningless.

Eli Turkel

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 6:45 PM, Ben Waxman <ben1456 at zahav.net.il> wrote:
> Can you explain this? Why not tell them? He must be talking about an
> immediate family member. She has to tear, she has to sit shiva, no?
>
> Ben
>>
>> From: "Eli Turkel" <eliturkel at gmail.com>
>
>> In the latest shiur of R. Zilberstein he repeated the halacha against
>> informing women of
>> the death of a close relative (assuming they dont live nearby) since
>> they don't say kaddish.
>> He even stated that if they live in the general area then one should
>> not post notices
>> of the death (common in Israel) so that they won't inadvertently find out.
>
>



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Eli Turkel