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The First Year after Death

Cutting Nails in the Year of Mourning

Shloshim (30 Days of Mourning)

Cutting Nails for a Woman During the Thirty Days

Shloshim (30 Days of Mourning)

Cutting Nails During the Seven and Thirty Days for a Mohel

Shloshim (30 Days of Mourning)

Cutting Nails During the Thirty Days with the Mouth and Starting with a Tool

Shloshim (30 Days of Mourning)

Cutting Nails During the Thirty Days for a Sensitive Person

Shloshim (30 Days of Mourning)

Cutting Nails on Friday When the Thirtieth Day Falls on Shabbat

Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)

Sharpening Nails During the Seven Days of Mourning

Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)

Cutting Nails for a Child During the Thirty Days of Mourning

Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)

A Patient Whose Entire Family Mourned, but He Did Not Mourn

Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)

Laws of Shiva when the deceased passed away on the eve of a holiday and Shiva was not observed

Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)

Laws on the Eve of the Holiday When the Holiday Cancels the Shiva

Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)

Bathing on the Eve of the Festival When the Laws of Shiva Are Annulled

Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)

Washing Clothes in the Seven Days of Mourning for the Holiday

Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)

Studying Torah and Greeting on the Eve of Passover When Passover Cancels the Laws of Shiva

Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)

Haircut for a mourner on the eve of a holiday when the holiday cancels the thirty days