Comforting Mourners by Phone
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Question
Is it permissible to comfort mourners by phone?
Answer
In comforting mourners, there are two aspects: acts of kindness towards the living and acts of kindness towards the deceased. By phone, one can fulfill the aspect of kindness towards the living, but not towards the deceased.
Source
Maimonides, Laws of Mourning, Chapter 14; Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 377
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