Two Partners in a Store and One of Them Passed Away
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Question
Two people were partners in a store, and one of the partners passed away. He has sons who inherited the store from their father. Does the partner need to close the store for all the days of mourning of the heirs?
Answer
The partner does not need to close the store and can open it as usual, unless they agreed that the partnership would be for them and their descendants after them.
Source
Rambam, Laws of Agents and Partners, Chapter 5, Halacha 11: "If one of the partners or entrepreneurs dies, the partnership or business is dissolved, even if they agreed for a fixed time, as the money has already passed to the heirs, and this is the ruling of the Geonim." And since the partnership is dissolved, he is not engaged in the work of mourning, as the partnership has been dissolved, and even if the heirs later return to the partnership, it will be a new partnership.
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