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# It is forbidden to do laundry during the nine days for Ashkenazim or shevuah shechal bo for Sephardim for after Tisha B'av because doing so constitutes a diversion from concentrating on mourning.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 551:3, Mishna Brurah 551:21</ref> | # It is forbidden to do laundry during the nine days for Ashkenazim or shevuah shechal bo for Sephardim for after Tisha B'av because doing so constitutes a diversion from concentrating on mourning.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 551:3, Mishna Brurah 551:21</ref> | ||
# It is forbidden to do laundry for a child above the age of chinuch.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 551:14, Magen Avraham 551:38, Nitai Gavriel (Ben Hametzarirm 36:2)</ref> | # It is forbidden to do laundry for a child above the age of chinuch.<ref>Shulchan Aruch 551:14, Magen Avraham 551:38, Nitai Gavriel (Ben Hametzarirm 36:2)</ref> | ||
# The Ashkenazic minhag is to launder the clothing of a child under the age of six.<ref>Rama 551:4 writes that the minhag is to do laundry of children. Magen Avraham 551:38 explains that there is chinuch for laundry during the nine days. Nitai Gavriel (Ben Hametzarim 36:3) writes that the minhag is to do the laundry of children until the age of six. </ref> | # The Ashkenazic minhag is to launder the clothing of a child under the age of six.<ref>Rama 551:4 writes that the minhag is to do laundry of children. Magen Avraham 551:38 explains that there is chinuch for laundry during the nine days. Nitai Gavriel (Ben Hametzarim 36:3) writes that the minhag is to do the laundry of children until the age of six (based on Pri Megadim E"A 551:38). Pitchei Teshuva 551:45 agrees that it is only permitted to do laundry of children under six unless the clothing of an older child got really dirty.</ref> | ||
===Towel and Sheets=== | ===Towel and Sheets=== | ||
# A fresh towel may be used during the Nine Days if the towel one was using became soiled <Ref> Kitzur Hilchos Bein Hametzarim p. 10:9) </ref> | # A fresh towel may be used during the Nine Days if the towel one was using became soiled <Ref> Kitzur Hilchos Bein Hametzarim p. 10:9) </ref> | ||
