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The following is from Mourning in Halacha by Rabbi Chaim Binyamin
Goldberg, pages 409 - 410. Note the reason given as to why R. Shmuel
Salant was opposed to someone who has yahrtzeit during the week davening
Maariv for the Amud on Motzoei Shabbos.<br><br>
<font size=3><b>Leading the <i>Maariv </i>Service<br><br>
</b>The custom is to lead the prayer-service for <i>Maariv </i>at the
conclusion of the<br>
Sabbath before the <i>yahrzeit. </i>6<br><br>
6. <i>Gesher HaChaim </i>(Joe. cit.). In his note 6 ad. Joe., he writes:
"We have heard an explanation from<br>
the <i>rav </i>R' Baruch Zeldovitch, <i>zatzal, </i>as to why one leads
the services at the conclusion of the<br>
Sabbath before the <i>yahrzeit: </i>[On the Sabbath, a person receives an
extra soul, the <i>neshamah<br>
yeseirah </i>.] At the conclusion of <i>every </i>Sabbath, the
<i>neshamah yeseirah </i>departs from him, with the<br>
intention of returning on the following Sabbath. At the conclusion of the
final Sabbath of a person's life,<br>
it leaves him, without intending to return. Thus, at the conclusion of
the Sabbath before a person dies,<br>
it is like the death of his <i>neshamah yeseirah. </i>Therefore, that
Sabbath's conclusion is also like a<br>
<i>yahrzeit </i>."<br><br>
<i>Chazon LaMo'ed, </i>in his notes at the end of his book, raises an
objection to this line of reasoning: It<br>
applies only if the person died on a weekday, but not if he died on the
Sabbath.<br>
<i>Ner Eliyahu (Minhagei Yom HaZikaron </i>§ 17) writes: "However,
in the holy city of Jerusalem, may it<br>
be rebuilt and established, many follow the custom of the <i>gaon </i>R'
Shmuel Salant, <i>zatzal. </i>He opposed<br>
letting the sons lead the <i>Maariv </i>services at the conclusion of the
Sabbath before the <i>yahrzeit. </i>The<br>
reason one generally leads the services at the Sabbath's conclusion is
because that is the time when the<br>
wicked return to <i>Gehinnom. </i>By leading the services [at the
Sabbath's conclusion], one gives the<br>
impression of considering one's parents wicked. Thus, one should not lead
the services then, just as one<br>
does not lead the services after the first eleven months"<br><br>
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