Yosef Karo

“ From when he is buried and the filling of the grave with dust is finished, immediately the period of mourning begins and he wraps his head, but he does not take off his shoes until he arrives at his home. ”

“ If they sent their deceased to another city in which case the law is to start mourning when they turn around, and they began to count the period of mourning, and afterwards, the deceased was captured and it was not possible to be bury him for a long time, they do not need to stop their mourning and they do not need to go back and mourn afterwards, for since their rule is to begin immediately, they do not need to stop. ”

“ And the senior member of the family is the one on whom the household relies, and they are all drawn after him, whether he is a brother, whether he is a son not yet at the age of majority. And there is one who says that he must be at least 13 years old. ”