A Business Partnership when a Relative of One of the Partners Dies: The Law of Acquiring His Share Before the Burial

Two partners own a shop, and a relative of one of them dies. Can one partner transfer his share to the other partner before the burial, so that the shop can remain open during his mourning period, starting from the first day?

The correct way is for the shop to remain closed for the first three days. However, many have the custom to be lenient and to make a formal acquisition (with a “sudar”) while the partner is still an 'onen' (a mourner before the burial), whereby one partner transfers his share to the other partner. Someone who does this has authorities to rely upon.

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