Tefillin on Chol Hamoed for a Mourner
Question
An Ashkenazi mourner living abroad, in a place where it is customary to wear tefillin on Chol Hamoed, should the mourner wear tefillin on the first day of mourning?
Answer
Wears tefillin without a blessing
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 38, Seif 5 and Mishnah Berurah, Sif Katan 16
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