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<DIV>RMF wrote:</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">I have heard that the reason is that a parent
is the only individual that<BR>can never be replaced (whereas a spouse or a
child can be).</FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>CM responds:</DIV>
<DIV>Grandparents are also not “replaceable” but you do not even sit shiva for
them at all. Similarly, an uncle or an aunt are also not replaceable (assuming
the grandparents can no longer bear children or are no longer living) and one
does not sit shiva for them either. It seems to my way of seeing things, that
“replaceability” does not enter the calculus of shiva.</DIV>
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<DIV>Kol Tuv</DIV>
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<DIV>Chaim Manaster</DIV>
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