## Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah Siman 337

###### Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 337:1
[Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah 337:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shulchan%20Arukh%2C%20Yoreh%20De%27ah/r/337:1)

**חולה שמת לו מת. ובו סעיף אחד:**
חולה שמת לו מת אין מודיעין אותו שמא תטרף דעתו עליו ואין קורעין חלוקו ואין בוכין ואין מספידין בפניו שלא ישבר לבו ומשתיקין את המנחמין מפניו:

**Translation v.1:**
One who is sick and suffered a bereavement, must not be informed thereof lest his mind become unclear; nor is his garment rent; nor is it permitted to cry or make lamentation [for the dead]¹ in his presence, so that his heart be not broken; and they silence the comforters in his presence.² Yad, *Ebel* VIII, 4 and *Kes. Mish.* a.l.; *Tur;* T.H., derived from Sem. de R. Ḥiyya(H) I, 3. Not found in cur. edd. of Sem. *W.G.* a.l. Not only must he not be informed, but even if it became known to him, he is not instructed to rend garments, so as not to aggravate his condition — *ShaK.* This applies even to a case where one lost a parent and would have to recite *Kaddish* — *Beth Hillel.*

footnotes:
¹ Whether for his dead or another’s dead.
² M.K. 26b; Alfasi;