Visiting Graves on Shabbos
Question
Is it permitted to visit a cemetery on Shabbos? I’ve heard that the niftarim are not present on Shabbos, are there sources for this?
Answer
Shalom uVracha,
The answer of our teacher, HaGaon Rav Amram Fried shlit”a, is that one should indeed not go up to the cemetery on Shabbos, among other reasons, because the souls of the departed are not present in their graves on Shabbos.
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