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Pregnant woman in a cemetery

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Question

May a pregnant woman go to a cemetery?

Answer

If there is a need (for example, for a yahrzeit or to visit the graves of righteous people), she may go, and she should be careful not to touch the graves.

Source

There is no source for this (see also the responsa Minchat Yitzchak on this matter).

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