Halachot and Customs
Visiting the Cemetery in the Month of Nisan
Question
Is it permitted to go up to the cemetery in the month of Nisan?
Thank you
Answer
Greetings,
One does not go up to the cemetery in the month of Nisan, and as it is written in the book Kav HaYashar (chapter 88), it is not the custom in Nisan to go to the house of life to pray at the graves and recite supplications as on other days.
However, for the purpose of a memorial, it is permitted if one is careful not to eulogize the deceased and not to come to tears (Yalkut Yosef, Mourning, siman 40, subsection 27).
It is also permitted to go up to the graves of the righteous (Orchot Rabbeinu, part 1, page 405, בשם הגר"י קניבסקי זצ"ל).
Good news,
Hillel Meirs
