Joy of Friendship
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Question
What is the joy of friendship that is forbidden for a mourner for his father and mother for 12 months?
Answer
Any meal that is not with his immediate family is forbidden for the mourner to partake in.
Source
Rashi wrote that a meal of friendship is a meal that friends and loved ones make with each other.
The Rema wrote in Siman ShTzA, paragraph 2: "And the custom is not to eat at any meal in the world for all 12 months, if it is outside his home." And the opinion of our teacher, the Rav, is that his home is not the four walls in which he lives, but his home is those with whom he usually eats a meal during the day, meaning his immediate family."