Entry of a Pregnant Woman into a Cemetery
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Question
Can a pregnant woman enter a cemetery?
Answer
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There is no source for a prohibition. However, it is customary that she does not touch the graves.
Source
See Minchat Yitzchak, Volume 10, Siman 42, where he tried to find reasons for the 'custom of elderly women'.
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