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The First Year after Death
Participation in Daughter's End-of-Year Party During the Year of Mourning
Mourning
Notification of a Relative's Passing on Shabbat.
Mourning
Concealing the Death from the Son Until After He Puts on Tefillin
Mourning
Notification of Father's Passing on Purim
Mourning
Concealing a Death from an Only Daughter
Mourning
Concealing a Father's Death from a Sick Son
Mourning
Concealing the Death from the Mother
Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)
Shiva for a Drowned Person
Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)
Mourning when the body is not buried and hope of burial is lost
Mourning
Reliability of a Non-Jew's Testimony on Death
Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)
Mourning for Distant News When Not Wearing Shoes
The First Year after Death
Time for a Haircut After Distant News
Beis ha-Mikdash
Tearing of Garments upon Receiving News of Death Thirty Days after Death but Not Burial
Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)
Close Report from the Day of Death or Burial
Shiva (7 Days of Mourning)
Distant News about Parents