May a mourner (during shiva or sheloshim) wash and immerse on Erev Yom Kippur?

Synopsis

The Rema permits a mourner who suffered a death between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur to wash and immerse on Erev Yom Kippur, since Yom Kippur cancels the shiva. Even the sheloshim washing prohibition yields to a mitzvah immersion.

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