[Avodah] Levayeh Minhagim

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Fri Apr 4 13:50:41 PDT 2008


SBA wrote:
> She only has a daughter [...]
> However, there was no keriyeh done. (We only realised this much later.) 
> I am wondering, did the rabbi simply forget or is this common with other
> irreligious aveilim?

She'elas Tam: how do you know there wasn't any k'ri`ah done?  Women only
tear an undergarment, and they do it privately, usually inside a car or
somewhere like that, so maybe you just didn't notice.  Or maybe it was
delayed until after the crowd left, for greater privacy.


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Zev Sero               Something has gone seriously awry with this Court's
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