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Why can mourners take haircuts on the first day of aveilus during sheva brachos? The Ran allows only passive mitzvah (מצוה) violations (shevus) but forbids active simcha displays. This creates a fundamental chakira about whether aveilus dinim are prohibitions on actions or positive obligations to appear disheveled.
The shiur analyzes Kesubos 4a regarding the complex halachic situation when someone dies during sheva brachos celebrations. The Gemara (גמרא) states that when death occurs during wedding festivities, one buries the deceased immediately and continues with sheva brachos afterward, as aveilus will not take effect due to the overriding simcha of the wedding. Rashi (רש"י)'s commentary presents an apparent difficulty: he explains that burial must be immediate specifically because aveilus will not be chal. This seems to imply that if aveilus would take effect, one would delay the burial - an unthinkable proposition given the prohibition of leaving a corpse overnight (halanah).
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Kesubos 4a
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