[Avodah] a troubling halacha

[Eli Turkel]

<<Perhaps not that often, but those who stayed in their birth town
would naturally hear about the death, it would be impossible to keep
it from them, and so this whole topic would not be relevant.  The
question of whether to tell, how to tell, and how long to wait, only
arises when someone is far away (as R Chiya was from Rav's parents)
so that if nobody tells him what happened he won't know.>>

R. Zilberstein in the shiur explicitly said not to put up mourning posters
(common in Israel) if that will lead to female members finding out about
the death.
So he considers the possibility that even for relatives in town one should
hide the information if possible

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Eli Turkel