<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>JM asked: "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -webkit-monospace; ">What is the origin of the practice (which I've only seen done at the k'varos</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: -webkit-monospace; ">of RMMS and RYYS) to remove one's shoes before visiting a kever?"</span><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">The onen does act like a mourner in certain ways, but does not remove his shoes. </span></font></font></font></div><div><font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">These are removed after the burial – sometimes at the grave itself (Rema YD 382:5.)</span></font></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">ri</span></font></div></body></html>