[Avodah] Spouse vs. parent

Liron Kopinsky liron.kopinsky at gmail.com
Wed Jun 13 00:12:43 PDT 2012


On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Michael Feldstein <
michaelgfeldstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> As long as we're asking, how do you understand only shloshim for a spouse?
>  >>
>
> The usual explanation is that aveilus for parents is 1 year because of
> kibud av ve-em, not because the
> loss is greater than that of a spouse or a child.
> ---------------------------------------
> I have heard that the reason is that a parent is the only individual that
> can never be replaced (whereas a spouse or a child can be).
>
>
I heard once (have no idea where) that the idea is to encourage the
bereaved to be able to move on and find a new spouse. If the shiva was for
a full year, they would be unable to remarry until the full time had passed.

-- 
Liron Kopinsky
liron.kopinsky at gmail.com
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