Consoling a Mourner Who Continues to Work as Usual
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Question
A mourner who continues to work during his mourning period, should he be consoled like all other mourners?
Answer
Some have written that one should not console a mourner who works during his mourning period.
Source
The Taz wrote in Yoreh De'ah, Siman 380, Se'if Katan 1: "Kol Bo wrote that a mourner who engages in work is excommunicated." In Shibolei HaLeket, Laws of Mourning, Siman 35, it is written: "I found in the name of our teacher Shlomo, of blessed memory, that once the Rabbi saw a mourner engaged in repairing his barrels during his mourning days, and the Rabbi refrained from entering to console him, saying to us that even through others in his house it is forbidden to engage in work, and why should I console him when he is committing a transgression."
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