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Gift for a Mourning Father

Question

Is it permissible to give a birthday gift to a father who is in his year of mourning?

Answer

It is forbidden.

Answered 21 July 2022 How answers are reviewed
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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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Source

Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 385, Se'if 3

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