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Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 337
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Read the full text in the readerYoreh De'ah Siman 337
Yoreh De'ah Siman 337 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 1 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
Original text
<b>חולה שמת לו מת. ובו סעיף אחד:</b><br>חולה שמת לו מת אין מודיעין אותו שמא תטרף דעתו עליו ואין קורעין חלוקו ואין בוכין ואין מספידין בפניו שלא ישבר לבו ומשתיקין את המנחמין מפניו:
One who is sick and suffered a bereavement, must not be informed thereof lest his mind become unclear; nor is his garment rent; nor is it permitted to cry or make lamentation [for the dead] in his presence, so that his heart be not broken; and they silence the comforters in his presence. Yad, Ebel VIII, 4 and Kes. Mish. a.l.; Tur; T.H., derived from Sem. de R. Ḥiyya(H) I, 3. Not found in cur. edd. of Sem. W.G. a.l. Not only must he not be informed, but even if it became known to him, he is not instructed to rend garments, so as not to aggravate his condition — ShaK. This applies even to a case where one lost a parent and would have to recite Kaddish — Beth Hillel.
English translation: Code of Hebrew Law by Chaim N. Denburg, Montreal, 1955 · CC-BY