Minor whose father is sitting Shiva for his grandfather
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Question
Should a minor of educational age, whose father is sitting Shiva, observe some mourning laws as part of education?
Answer
A minor does not have the law of 'all who mourn for him mourn with him,' and he is not required to observe mourning laws at all.
Source
The primary law of mourning for a minor is debated among the poskim, as explained in Shulchan Aruch, Siman 376, סעיף ג and in the commentaries there. Since the law of 'all who mourn for him mourn with him' is merely a custom, the poskim have ruled leniently that there is no need to educate the minor in this custom.
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