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<div>RMF writes in IM that, since the laws of inheritance are based on the principle "hakarov, karov kodem",</div>
<div>the fact that one's children inherit him even if his parents are alive, shows that one's closest</div>
<div>relatives are his children, not his parents. Thus aveilut yud bet chodesh is not based on the degree of closeness of the deceased to the mourner. Rather, R. Moshe writes, aveilut yud bet chodesh is a din in kibbud av v'am.</div>
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<div>Saul Mashbaum</div>
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