Sunday, October 12, 2014

Burial on Chol haMoed Succot

Hello,

When a person is buried during chol hamoed of Succot, Shemini Atzeret counts toward only one day of the 30 days of shloshim, not as seven days like a full Yom Tov.

(Rav Moshe Feinstein, Igrot Moshe Yoreh Deah 1:256)

Have a good day,
Mordechai

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