Bathing during the thirty days for one who experiences consecutive mourning
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Question
If someone's father passed away, and within the thirty days his brother also passed away, can he be lenient with bathing in hot water after the thirty days for his father?
Answer
After the last day of the thirty days for the father, one can wash his body with hot water and soap. Afterwards, the prohibition of bathing during the thirty days resumes.
Source
It is written in the Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 381, סעיף 4: "One who experiences consecutive mourning, where one mourning follows another, is permitted to wash his entire body in cold water."
And it is written in the Aruch HaShulchan, סעיף 7: "It seems to me that at the end of the thirty days for the first, one can wash his entire body in hot water, for if washing in cold water, which is prohibited by law, is permitted, all the more so in hot water, which is only a custom, it is permitted."
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