Quick, URGENT question about shloshim

Executive Member Joined: Mar 14 2010 Posts: 487

How do you calculate when the shloshim is? Does the day of the funeral count? I am terrible with math and afraid I'm going to mess up.
Can someone please tell me, if a funeral is today, what day is the shloshim?

Very important, I am trying to set something up before the funeral begins.
Thank you!

I am almost sure that shloshim begins from the time of kevurah, so if kevurah takes place today before shkiya, shloshim would be 24 Shevat/17 February.

Besuros tovos.

Executive Member Joined: Mar 14 2010 Posts: 487

Thank you.
Besorot tovot.

Senior Member Joined: Mar 17 2005 Posts: 197

SHloishim begin from the day of Petira and not kvura!!!!!!!!!!! (only shiva is after kvura. Everything else is after Petira)

Executive Member Joined: Mar 14 2010 Posts: 487

Good point. I knew that! Just a little overwhelmed.
Either way I still can't do math...

Moderator Joined: Mar 29 2005 Posts: 18276

Acutally, it depends.
If burial was postponed (I think for more than 3 days), the shloshim does get changed.

It's all overwhelming at such a time, and having a rav with a level mind can only be helpful.
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Senior Member Joined: Mar 17 2005 Posts: 197

Senior Member Joined: Mar 17 2005 Posts: 197

Shloishim le petira. That means it counts from petira!!!!!!!!!!!

Moderator Joined: Mar 29 2005 Posts: 18276

bgk, in some instances it does go by petira, but usually by the kevura.
Yahrtzeit goes by the petira.