1,328. If Asked About the Deceased

206:10 While we should not inform someone of a relative's passing (see 206:9), if someone asks regarding that relative's well-being, one may not lie and say that he is alive, as per Exodus 33:7, "keep far away from a false matter." Rather, one should answer him in an ambiguous fashion so that he will understand on his own that the relative has died.

206:11 The accepted practice is to inform sons if a parent has died so that they will be able to recite kaddish for them.