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on: If recently i discovered that my father is not biological father, would I still sit shiva and morn in the standatd pattern of 7 days, 30 days, 1yr?

: Regarding your question about charging for mourning in those who have discovered that their father is not a biological father, the answer is that the principle of the law is not the charge of seventy-thirty-year mourning but only on a biological father. However, if he wishes to honor him and treat him with some laws of mourning, moreover, he is also entitled to mourn him, such as when the non-biological father is the husband of his biological mother, in which case his mother deserves to be respected even after his death.   Sources

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If recently i discovered that my father is not biological father, would I still sit shiva and morn in the standatd pattern of 7 days, 30 days, 1yr?

Answer:

Regarding your question about charging for mourning in those who have discovered that their father is not a biological father, the answer is that the principle of the law is not the charge of seventy-thirty-year mourning but only on a biological father. However, if he wishes to honor him and treat him with some laws of mourning, moreover, he is also entitled to mourn him, such as when the non-biological father is the husband of his biological mother, in which case his mother deserves to be respected even after his death.

 

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