Guarding a Deceased Who Passed Away on Shabbat
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Question
A deceased who passed away on Shabbat, should he be guarded even on Shabbat?
Answer
A deceased must be guarded even on Shabbat.
Source
It is written in the Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, laws of mourning, Siman 343, Paragraph 9: "The one who gathers bones, and the one who guards the deceased, and the one who carries them from place to place, is exempt from the Shema, prayer, tefillin, and all commandments mentioned in the Torah, both on weekdays and on Shabbat, whether the bones are of close relatives or distant ones, whether on a ship or on the road, even if there are many gatherers. If he wishes to be stringent with himself, he should not be stringent, out of respect for the bones."
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