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Can I send a Purim food package to a mourner?
Discuss (0)Out of respect for the mourner's grieving, it is considered inappropriate to send a mishloach manot food package to a person who lost a parent within the last twelve months.
One can, however, send mishloach manot to the mourner's family.
Chani Benjaminson,
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