Chuppah — Shabbat Clothes During Mourning
Question
May a woman during her year of mourning who is going to a chuppah wear Shabbat clothes?
Answer
Shalom u'vracha.
If she is not a very close relative, she should wear a nice, moderate garment (between weekday and Shabbat attire).
The parents of the groom and bride, the grandparents, as well as the brothers and sisters, are permitted to wear Shabbat clothes.
And in a case of need, one may be lenient also for brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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