Q. Dear Rov sorry to bother you on such short notice. I'm a Torontonian learning in a Yeshiva in Bnai Brak, and BE'H I'm getting married this coming Sunday (20 - Adar II) in the late afternoon. I just heard the terrible tragic news of the Petirah of Rav Chaim Kanievzky ZTL.
Could you ask Rav Shlomo Shlit'a (I always follow his opinion when possible), if I can attend the Levayah before my wedding? Thanks a million.
A. As we spoke on the phone, due to the difference in hours I won't be able to answer you in time.
I did ask Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a this morning and his opinion is that you are allowed to attend the Levayah, since the Chosson restrictions begin at the Chupa.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit'a
I would have suggested that it depended on where the Chasunah was to take place. If it was to happen in Bnei Brak, that is one thing. But if it was to take place outside of Bnei Brak, I would have suggested he miss the Levayah and go to the city of the Chasunah, because he might not have been able to travel out of Bnei Brak in time. I would have expected Rav Miller to add that caveat, because he thinks of everything.
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