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The Nine Days is time | The '''Nine Days''' is the period of time from the beginning of the month of Av until [[Tisha BeAv]], during which we observe a number of practices of [[mourning]] to commemorate the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash. While many of the laws below apply to the entire period of the Nine Days, some of them only apply during the week in which Tisha BaAv falls out (Shevua SheChal Bo). Additionally, these practices are very similar but generally more stringent than those that are observed during the [[Three Weeks]]. | ||
==Business== | ==Business== | ||
#From the beginning of the month of Av one should reduce one’s involvement in activities of happiness. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:1</ref> | #From the beginning of the month of Av one should reduce one’s involvement in activities of happiness. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:1</ref> | ||
#If one has a lawsuit with a non-Jew one should delay it until the [[month of Elul]] or at least until after [[Tisha BeAv]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:1, Mishna Brurah 551:2</ref> Similarly, if one must have a surgery and it can be delayed, one should try to delay it until after [[Tisha BeAv]].<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 557)</ref> | #If one has a lawsuit with a non-Jew, one should delay it until the [[month of Elul]] or at least until after [[Tisha BeAv]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:1, Mishna Brurah 551:2</ref> Similarly, if one must have a surgery and it can be delayed, one should try to delay it until after [[Tisha BeAv]].<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 557)</ref> | ||
#During the Nine Days, one should refrain from buying materials that are needed for a wedding.<ref>Mishna Brurah 551:11 </ref> Some authorities are lenient if the groom has not yet fulfilled the mitzvah of Pru Urevu and one will not be able to prepare for the wedding after [[Tisha BeAv]] because the wedding is right after [[Tisha BeAv]] or if there is a concern that the price of the wedding needs will become expensive after [[Tisha BeAv]].<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 558) </ref> | #During the Nine Days, one should refrain from buying materials that are needed for a wedding.<ref>Mishna Brurah 551:11 </ref> Some authorities are lenient if the groom has not yet fulfilled the mitzvah of Pru Urevu and one will not be able to prepare for the wedding after [[Tisha BeAv]], either because the wedding is right after [[Tisha BeAv]], or if there is a concern that the price of the wedding needs will become expensive after [[Tisha BeAv]].<ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 558) </ref> | ||
#The minhag is to be lenient to allow one | #The minhag is to be lenient to allow one to conduct one’s regular business during the [[Nine days]]. <ref>Mishna Brurah 551:11, Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 559) </ref> | ||
#One may not build houses or buildings for business purposes during the Nine Days. However, one may hire a non-Jew before the Nine Days with a fixed sum for the entire project and then, he may work during the Nine Days and even on [[Tisha BeAv]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:2, Mishna Brurah 511:12 </ref> | #One may not build houses or buildings for business purposes during the Nine Days. However, one may hire a non-Jew before the Nine Days with a fixed sum for the entire project and then, he may work during the Nine Days and even on [[Tisha BeAv]]. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:2, Mishna Brurah 511:12 </ref> | ||
#If a wall is going to fall, even if there isn’t a concern of danger but only a concern of loss, one may restore it during the Nine Days. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:2, Mishna Brurah 551:13 </ref> | #If a wall is going to fall, even if there isn’t a concern of danger but only a concern of loss, one may restore it during the Nine Days. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:2, Mishna Brurah 551:13 </ref> | ||
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#One shouldn't buy important items such as furniture or appliances during the [[nine days]] since it brings a person a lot of pleasure.<ref>Guidelines of the [[Three Weeks]] by Rabbi Elozor Barclay (p. 47) citing Igrot Moshe 3:80 and MeBeyt Levi p. 8 n. 4</ref> | #One shouldn't buy important items such as furniture or appliances during the [[nine days]] since it brings a person a lot of pleasure.<ref>Guidelines of the [[Three Weeks]] by Rabbi Elozor Barclay (p. 47) citing Igrot Moshe 3:80 and MeBeyt Levi p. 8 n. 4</ref> | ||
#Some Ashkenazim have the practice not to give gifts during the nine days unless there is a need<ref>Nitai Gavriel Ben Hametzarim 1:18:4</ref> but for a mitzvah such as for a bar mitzvah boy it is permitted.<ref>Nitai Gavriel Ben Hametzarim 1:18:6</ref> | #Some Ashkenazim have the practice not to give gifts during the nine days unless there is a need<ref>Nitai Gavriel Ben Hametzarim 1:18:4</ref> but for a mitzvah such as for a bar mitzvah boy it is permitted.<ref>Nitai Gavriel Ben Hametzarim 1:18:6</ref> | ||
#It is permitted to buy new sefarim during the nine days since we don't make a shehechiyanu upon new sefarim and | #It is permitted to buy new sefarim during the nine days since we don't make a shehechiyanu upon new sefarim, and it is necessary for the need of a mitzvah.<ref>Halichot Emet 13:16 quoting Shalmei Moed</ref> | ||
==Taking Haircuts and Shaving== | ==Taking Haircuts and Shaving== | ||
#The Sephardic minhag is not to take a haircut during the week in which Tisha BaAv falls out (Shevua SheChal Bo)<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:3, Yalkut Yosef (Shevua SheChal Bo #1)</ref>, while the Ashkenazic minhag is not to take a haircut during the entire | #The Sephardic minhag is not to take a haircut during the week in which Tisha BaAv falls out (Shevua SheChal Bo)<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:3, Yalkut Yosef (Shevua SheChal Bo #1)</ref>, while the Ashkenazic minhag is not to take a haircut during the entire [[Three Weeks]], which includes the Nine Days. <ref>Rama Orach Chaim 551:3 </ref> | ||
#[[Shaving]] one’s beard or mustache is forbidden just like it is forbidden to take a haircut. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:12 </ref> If one moustache interferes with one’s eating, one may cut it. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:13 </ref> | #[[Shaving]] one’s beard or mustache is forbidden just like it is forbidden to take a haircut. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:12 </ref> If one moustache interferes with one’s eating, one may cut it. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:13 </ref> | ||
#It is permitted to comb and style one's hair during the [[Three Weeks]] and Nine Days and one doesn't have to worry that one will pull out hairs. <ref>Eliya Rabba 551:7, Shaare Teshuva 551:12, Mishna Brurah 551:20, Aruch Hashulchan 551:15, Sh"t Yechave Daat 6:35 </ref> | #It is permitted to comb and style one's hair during the [[Three Weeks]] and Nine Days and one doesn't have to worry that one will pull out hairs. <ref>Eliya Rabba 551:7, Shaare Teshuva 551:12, Mishna Brurah 551:20, Aruch Hashulchan 551:15, Sh"t Yechave Daat 6:35 </ref> | ||
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# A person may not build or plant things that are related to simcha during the nine days.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 551:2</ref> | # A person may not build or plant things that are related to simcha during the nine days.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 551:2</ref> | ||
# It is forbidden to plaster or paint one's house during the nine days.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:2 forbids plastering or doing tizyur, decorating one's house. Regarding painting one's house, Mikrei Kodesh 4:5 quotes the poskim who forbid this including Yalkut Yosef Moadim p. 559, Torat Hamoadim 5:19, and Kovetz Mbet Levi Av 5758 p. 23. Though he also quotes Rav Mordechai Eliyahu as originally having permitted painting a plain color but later he retracted.</ref> | # It is forbidden to plaster or paint one's house during the nine days.<ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:2 forbids plastering or doing tizyur, decorating one's house. Regarding painting one's house, Mikrei Kodesh 4:5 quotes the poskim who forbid this including Yalkut Yosef Moadim p. 559, Torat Hamoadim 5:19, and Kovetz Mbet Levi Av 5758 p. 23. Though he also quotes Rav Mordechai Eliyahu as originally having permitted painting a plain color but later he retracted.</ref> | ||
# It is a dispute if it is permitted to wallpaper one's walls during the nine days.<ref>Mikrei Kodesh 4:5. See Igrot Moshe 3:82.</ref> | # It is a dispute if it is permitted to put wallpaper on one's walls during the nine days.<ref>Mikrei Kodesh 4:5. See Igrot Moshe 3:82.</ref> | ||
# It is permitted to fix up one's house, such as to fix a door or fill in a hole.<ref>Mikrei Kodesh 4:5 quoting Rav Mordechai Eliyahu</ref> | # It is permitted to fix up one's house, such as to fix a door or fill in a hole.<ref>Mikrei Kodesh 4:5 quoting Rav Mordechai Eliyahu</ref> | ||
# One may hire a contractor to make necessary repairs to his home during the three weeks. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 551:8, even though construction for joy is not done as per Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:2, based on a gemara Yevamot 43a and Tosafot s.v. "milisa." </ref> | # One may hire a contractor to make necessary repairs to his home during the three weeks. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 551:8, even though construction for joy is not done as per Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 551:2, based on a gemara Yevamot 43a and Tosafot s.v. "milisa." </ref> | ||
#A non-Jewish contractor is allowed to continue building a house during the three weeks and even on [[Tisha BeAv]] if he has already begun to build for a Jew <ref>Chazon Ovadia Taaniyot page 329. </ref> | #A non-Jewish contractor is allowed to continue building a house during the three weeks and even on [[Tisha BeAv]] if he has already begun to build for a Jew <ref>Chazon Ovadia Taaniyot page 329. </ref> | ||
#If | #If a wall may collapse and cause monetary loss, one is allowed to build it even if this causes joy. <ref>Mishna Brurah 551:13 </ref> | ||
# | # If necessary, one may move into a house during the nine days i.<Ref>Chazon Ovadia - Arba Taaniyot pg. 169 </ref> | ||
===For a Mitzva=== | ===For a Mitzva=== | ||
# One is permitted to build, renovate, | # One is permitted to build, renovate, and paint for the sake of a mitzva, such as building a shul or yeshiva.<ref>Mishna Brurah 551:12, Kaf Hachayim 551:25. Aruch Hashulchan 551:7 says anything for the public is considered for a mitzva and is permissible. </ref> | ||
==Laundry== | ==Laundry== | ||
