COMFORTING THE MOURNERS

The Laws and Customs of Mourning
Compiled by Rabbi Zalman Manela

TABLE OF CONTENTS


A Letter of Consolation
Before the Burial
Burial Preparations
The Funeral
Honoring the Deceased
Burial
After the Burial
Tearing the Garments
The First Meal
Praying and Saying Kaddish
Visiting the Mourners
The First Three Days
The Seven Days of Mourning
On Friday
Shabbos and Yom Tov
Thirty Days
Twelve Months
Yahrzeit
A Monument
Merits for the Deceased
Visiting the Cemetery
Maximum and Minimum
Laws of Yizkor


Designed by Malky Strasberg and Shana-Baila Kaganoff