Laws of Mourning During Chol HaMoed
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Question
If someone's father passed away during Chol HaMoed, what mourning practices are observed during Chol HaMoed?
Answer
During the festival days, mourning is observed privately but not publicly. Therefore, one may wear leather shoes, wear Shabbat clothes, sit on a high chair, and attend the synagogue. However, marital relations, bathing, anointing, and Torah study are prohibited. If it is difficult to study the subjects permitted during mourning, one may be lenient and study Torah as usual. It is also necessary to light a candle in memory of the deceased, but not in the place where one eats or in the room where the deceased passed away. Greeting others is forbidden, and others do not greet him. During the festival days, people come to comfort him.
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