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==Laundering clothing== | ==Laundering clothing== | ||
# It’s forbidden to launder clothing, towels, linens, or tablecloths on Chol HaMoed as the rabbis prohibited this so that people wouldn’t prepare properly before the holiday. <ref>S”A 534:1, Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 34) </ref> | # It’s forbidden to launder clothing, towels, linens, or tablecloths on Chol HaMoed as the rabbis prohibited this so that people wouldn’t prepare properly before the holiday. <ref>S”A 534:1, Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 34) </ref> | ||
# It’s also forbidden to launder clothing in a washing machine. <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 30) <ref> | # It’s also forbidden to launder clothing in a washing machine. <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 30) </ref> | ||
# If a child’s clothing are insufficient because they are soiled frequently it’s permissible to launder them on Chol HaMoed. If one is laundering them in a machine one may wash a full load of children’s clothing but adult’s clothing may not be added. <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 32) </ref> | # If a child’s clothing are insufficient because they are soiled frequently it’s permissible to launder them on Chol HaMoed. If one is laundering them in a machine one may wash a full load of children’s clothing but adult’s clothing may not be added. <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 32) </ref> | ||
# Chazal did not make an exception for someone who was sick and was unable to do laundry before the holiday and forbid him as well. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 534:2, Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 30) </ref> | # Chazal did not make an exception for someone who was sick and was unable to do laundry before the holiday and forbid him as well. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 534:2, Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 30) </ref> |