May a yeshiva student who is within the year of mourning for a parent join social trips and summer camp with all his yeshiva friends? May a mourner take trips, vacations, and stay in hotels during the year of mourning?
A yeshiva student may join social trips with the other students after the first thirty days, once his friends have urged him by saying, “Come with us.” One who wishes to be more stringent can travel separately to the place where the group is staying and refrain from programs involving excessive celebration and laughter.
In any event, during the twelve-month mourning period a mourner is permitted from the outset to go to hotels and vacation destinations, even with family members, including within the first thirty days and without friends first urging him to go.
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