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#On Chol Hamoed it is permitted to tear kriyah for a relative for whom one has an obligation to tear kriyah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 401:2</ref> | #On Chol Hamoed it is permitted to tear kriyah for a relative for whom one has an obligation to tear kriyah.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 401:2</ref> | ||
==Keriyah for | ==Keriyah for Women== | ||
#A woman who is [[mourning]] a parent should tear Keriyah on the inner garment first, turn that tear to the side, and then tear the outer garment so as not to reveal the skin covering her heart.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 195:3</ref> | #A woman who is [[mourning]] a parent should tear Keriyah on the inner garment first, turn that tear to the side, and then tear the outer garment so as not to reveal the skin covering her heart.<ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 195:3</ref> | ||
#While the minhag of some Sephardi women is not to tear Keriyah at all out of concern for tziniut<ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu comments on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 195:5</ref>, many poskim hold that this is in error.<ref>Moed Katan 22b explicitly states that women have to tear kriyah but for a parent she should tear her inner garment and then turn it and then tear the outer garment. Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 236) writes that any rabbi who tells women that they don't need to tear kriyah is mistaken and need to be rebuked harshly.</ref> | #While the minhag of some Sephardi women is not to tear Keriyah at all out of concern for tziniut<ref>Rav Mordechai Eliyahu comments on Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 195:5</ref>, many poskim hold that this is in error.<ref>Moed Katan 22b explicitly states that women have to tear kriyah but for a parent she should tear her inner garment and then turn it and then tear the outer garment. Chazon Ovadia (Aveilut v. 1 p. 236) writes that any rabbi who tells women that they don't need to tear kriyah is mistaken and need to be rebuked harshly.</ref> | ||
==Who Tears Kriyah== | |||
# A child whose relative died they tear kriyah for him.<ref>Shulchan Aruch YD 340:27</ref> | |||
==For whom does one tear Keriyah== | ==For whom does one tear Keriyah== | ||
