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# It’s forbidden to launder clothing, towels, linens, or tablecloths on Chol HaMoed as the rabbis prohibited this so that people would 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 would prepare properly before the holiday. <ref> Gemara Moed Katan 14a, 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. <ref> Mishna Brurah 534:11 and Aruch HaShulchan 534:8. Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Shulchan Shlomo 534:3 says that this age is until at most 6 or 7 years old. </ref> 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. <ref> Mishna Brurah 534:11 and Aruch HaShulchan 534:8. Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach in Shulchan Shlomo 534:3 says that this age is until at most 6 or 7 years old. </ref> 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> | ||
