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Sivan 28, 5782. Our mother passed away recently. My brother lives in a region of the city far from where my sister and I live. He insists that the shloshim ceremony shall take place in the synagogue near where he lives, in the morning, because in the afternoon there’s no minian. My sister and I would like this ceremony to take place near where we live, where there’s always a minian. We can’t get to an agreement. What shall we do?

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Is there any requirement in Jewish law to name your child a Jewish or Hebrew name? I am pregnant with my first daughter. I want to name her after my grandmother. My grandmother was not Jewish (my mother converted before my parents met). But she was still my grandmother. She was my favorite person I ever knew. I spent more time with her than with my parents when I was growing up because my parents both worked. She made me who I am today. And though she was a devout Christian who attended church every Sunday, she was close to the Jewish community. Almost all her friends were Jews, and her Jewish friends inspired my mother’s conversion, something she was very proud of. She had more exposure in her life to Judaism than her own faith. She understood Jewish laws and traditions well and kept a kosher home so we could all eat there. She was an incredible woman who is very deserving. I think of her as a ger tzedek. The times I had with her were the best times I ever had. Sadly she passed away four years ago and I miss her very much. I want to name a daughter after her and call her by that name. The name she had is not biblical and is very popular among Christians but almost unheard of among Jews. There is no Hebrew equivalent and are no existing Hebrew names that remotely resemble it.

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the day of the kvura was May 16 in the morning. what day would the shloshim come out. thank you

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Our daughter is getting married in May. We should have every reason to be happy. Trouble is, her fiance's family is planning on hosting a big packed wedding with hundreds of guests, not taking COVID into account as an issue. And they are paying for the whole thing. Her fiance's parents have a “my way or they highway” attitude and are impossible to reason with on the matter. Neither of us feel comfortable with this. I am immuno-compromised and the vaccine does not produce many antibodies for me. I had COVID in 2020 and I was in the hospital with pneumonia and could have died. It was the worst experience in my life. My doctor says I can definitely get it again and should avoid getting it at all cost. My husband has heart disease and risks death if he ever gets COVID. He’s lucky he didn’t get it when I did. Because of this, we work from home, get all our groceries delivered, and only socialize with others outdoors or with masks. We are Reformed Jews, as is our rabbi, and we are not even much into the Jewish religion. My husband is not even considered a Jew by orthodox law because his mother had a reformed conversion. Our daughter’s fiance and his family and their rabbi are orthodox. Our daughter became orthodox several years ago. Our rabbi is sympathetic to us, but has tried contacting theirs, the one who is planning on officiating at the wedding, but has not gotten anyone to change their mind and says he can’t do anything more for us. We have asked his parents if we can make a virtual appearance with the help of video technology, in which we could see the wedding from home and there would be a video screen by the Chuppah. But they are not flexible and won’t allow that. We asked them if the wedding can be outdoors, but they won’t do that either. We told them we will have to be no-shows if this is how it’ll be. They realize they cannot force us to be there. But we really don’t want to miss our only daughter’s big day. We just want it to be safe for us.

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If a person was niftar during Adar of a regular year, when does one observe the yohrzeit during the leap year (Adar I or Adar II) ?