Bathing for an Onen
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Question
Can an Onen bathe before the burial?
Answer
An Onen is subject to all the laws of mourning, and therefore is prohibited from everything that a mourner is prohibited from.
Source
This is ruled by the Rema (Yoreh De'ah 341:5), and similarly written by the Beit Yosef. Although the Shulchan Aruch did not bring this as law, the great Sephardic poskim also agreed with it.
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