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The Nine Days is time period from the beginning of the month of Av until [[Tisha BeAv]] during which there are a number of practices of [[mourning]] described below. 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 | The Nine Days is time period from the beginning of the month of Av until [[Tisha BeAv]] during which there are a number of practices of [[mourning]] described below. 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 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>S”A 551:1</ref> | # From the beginning of the month of Av one should reduce one’s involvement in activities of happiness. <Ref>S”A 551:1</ref> | ||
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==Taking Haircuts and Shaving== | ==Taking Haircuts and Shaving== | ||
# The Sephardic minhag is not to take a haircut during the week in which | # The Sephardic minhag is not to take a haircut during the week in which Tisha BaAv falls out (Shevua SheChal Bo)<Ref>S”A 551:3, Yalkut Yosef (Shevua SheChal Bo #1)</ref>, while the Ashkenazic minhag is not to take a haircut during the entire Nine Days. <Ref>Rama 551:3 </ref> | ||
# [[Shaving]] one’s beard or mustache is forbidden just like it is forbidden to take a haircut. <Ref>S”A 551:12 </ref> If one moustache interferes with one’s eating, one may cut it. <ref>S”A 551:13 </ref> | # [[Shaving]] one’s beard or mustache is forbidden just like it is forbidden to take a haircut. <Ref>S”A 551:12 </ref> If one moustache interferes with one’s eating, one may cut it. <ref>S”A 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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# If [[Tisha BeAv]] falls out on [[Shabbat]] and is pushed off until Sunday, according to Sephardim, it's proper not to take a hair cut the week prior to [[Shabbat Chazon]]. However, in regards to [[shaving]], if one shaves regularly and it's difficult not to shave, one may shave during the week before [[Shabbat Chazon]], especially if one is doing so for [[Kavod Shabbat]]. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Shevua SheChal Bo #11), Yechave Daat 3:39</ref> | # If [[Tisha BeAv]] falls out on [[Shabbat]] and is pushed off until Sunday, according to Sephardim, it's proper not to take a hair cut the week prior to [[Shabbat Chazon]]. However, in regards to [[shaving]], if one shaves regularly and it's difficult not to shave, one may shave during the week before [[Shabbat Chazon]], especially if one is doing so for [[Kavod Shabbat]]. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Shevua SheChal Bo #11), Yechave Daat 3:39</ref> | ||
== | ==Laundry== | ||
# The | # The sephardic custom is not to do laundry during the week of [[Tisha BeAv]].<ref> Shulchan Aruch 551:3 based on gemara in taanit 26b. </ref> Ashkenazic custom is to refrain already from [[Rosh Chodesh]] Av, <ref> Rama 551:3. </ref> The same applies with wearing freshly laundered clothing even if they were washed prior to these times. <ref> Shulchan Aruch and Rama 551:3, Yechave Daat 1:39 </ref> | ||
# One shouldn't do laundry even if he doesn't plan on wearing the clothes until afterwards, as this distracts him from his [[mourning]]. He also should not give it to a non-Jew to do for him. <ref> Shulchan Aruch and Rama 551:3 and Mishna Brurah 551:34. [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/746977/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Ten_Minute_Halacha_-_Laundry_During_the_Nine_Days Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz] at about 9:45 also says allowing a non-jewish housekeeper to do your laundry is prohibited even though this doesn't really distract you from [[mourning]]. </ref> | |||
# Some say that one may prepare one's clothing for the week in which [[Tisha BeAv]] falls (Shevua SheChal Bo) by changing one's clothing on [[Shabbat Chazon]] so that one has enough clothes to wear during the next week.<ref>Orchot Rabbenu (vol 2, p. 130) quoting the Steipler</ref> | # Some say that one may prepare one's clothing for the week in which [[Tisha BeAv]] falls (Shevua SheChal Bo) by changing one's clothing on [[Shabbat Chazon]] so that one has enough clothes to wear during the next week.<ref>Orchot Rabbenu (vol 2, p. 130) quoting the Steipler</ref> | ||
# If [[Tisha BeAv]] falls out on [[Shabbat]] and is pushed off until Sunday, according to most Sephardim, one may launder clothing and wear laundered clothing the week prior to [[Shabbat Chazon]]. However, Ashkenazim don't wear laundered clothing the entire Nine Days in any event. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Shevua SheChal Bo #11), Yechave Daat 3:39</ref> | # If [[Tisha BeAv]] falls out on [[Shabbat]] and is pushed off until Sunday, according to most Sephardim, one may launder clothing and wear laundered clothing the week prior to [[Shabbat Chazon]]. However, Ashkenazim don't wear laundered clothing the entire Nine Days in any event. <ref>Yalkut Yosef (Shevua SheChal Bo #11), Yechave Daat 3:39</ref> | ||
# | # A wig/sheitel is considered an article of clothing for the purposes of laundry during the [[nine days]] and therefore one should not wash it or have it set professionally during the [[nine days]]. However, one may curl or set the wig at home, provided that they are not professionals. <ref> Piskei Teshuvot 551:20. Nitei Gavriel 21:5:footnote 8 permits fixing or cutting a wig until the [[nine days]]. </ref> | ||
# | # A jewish laundromat that would have no money otherwise may wash non-Jews' clothing during this time. <ref> Mishna Brurah 551:43 </ref> | ||
# Some say that undergarments which are designed to absorb sweat may be worn freshly-laundered. <ref> [http://halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?readID=2087 Rav Ovadia Yosef on halachayomit.co.il] </ref> Others are strict. <ref> [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=3319 Rabbi Eli Mansour] in the name of the Ben Ish Chai, Chacham Bentzion Abba Shaul (Or Lesion 3, p. 248) and the English Yalkut Yosef (pg. 207)</ref> | |||
# One is permitted to shine their shoes for Kavod of [[Shabbat]] even during the week of Tisha B'av. <ref> Iggerot Moshe 3:80, Yabea Omer OC 3:31 </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> | ||
# Bed sheets may not be changed during the Nine Days <ref>Mishna Berura 551:33 </ref> unless they are soiled. However, if a guest arrives during the Nine Days then one may place clean sheets on the bed <ref>Shu”t Tzitz Eliezer 13:61</ref> | # Bed sheets may not be changed during the Nine Days <ref>Mishna Berura 551:33 </ref> unless they are soiled. However, if a guest arrives during the Nine Days then one may place clean sheets on the bed <ref>Shu”t Tzitz Eliezer 13:61</ref> | ||
# In hospitals, it is permitted to clean the linens and clothing because this is done to keep clean for health reasons and not for pleasure. In hotels and motels they can change the linens for new guests because people are disgusted by using what others have already used. <ref> Tzitz Eliezer 13:61 </ref> | |||
# A clean tablecloth can be used on Shabbos during the Nine Days <ref> Taz OC 551:4</ref> | # A clean tablecloth can be used on Shabbos during the Nine Days <ref> Taz OC 551:4</ref> | ||
# A fresh handkerchief may be used only if the old one is dirty and unusable <ref>Shu”t Rivevos Ephraim OC 2:555</ref> | # A fresh handkerchief may be used only if the old one is dirty and unusable <ref>Shu”t Rivevos Ephraim OC 2:555</ref> | ||
==Showering, Bathing, and Swimming== | ==Showering, Bathing, and Swimming== | ||
# The minhag in some places is to refrain from bathing during the week which Tisha BeAv falls out and some places have the minhag not to bathe during the Nine Days.<Ref> | # The minhag in some places is to refrain from bathing during the week which Tisha BeAv falls out and some places have the minhag not to bathe during the Nine Days.<Ref>S”A 551:16 </ref> The Sephardi minhag is only to refrain from bathing in warm water during the week which Tisha BeAv falls out<ref>Yalkut Yosef 551:13</ref>, while the Ashkenazic minhag is to avoid pleasure bathing all 9 days.<ref>Rama 551:16</ref> | ||
# The Ashkenazic minhag is not to go swimming in the Nine Days. <Ref>Sh"t Teshuvot VeHanhagot 2:263, Piskei Teshuvot 551:46 | # The Ashkenazic minhag is not to go swimming in the Nine Days. <Ref>Sh"t Teshuvot VeHanhagot 2:263, Piskei Teshuvot 551:46 | ||
# Some Poskim agree that it is OK to go swimming for exercise, but not for fun. | # Some Poskim agree that it is OK to go swimming for exercise, but not for fun. | ||
[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/735559/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Halachos_of_the_Three_Weeks Rabbi Ayreh Lebowitz], Moadei Yeshurun (pg 128) quoting Rav Moshe, Halichot Shlomo (Moadim, vol 2, chap 14, note 7), MeBayit Levi (vol 13, pg 22, note 5) quoting Rav Wosner, Sh"t Rivevot Ephraim 3:333, 4:135:14, 6:285:2, and Shevet HaKehati 1:169:4. [http://books.google.com/books?id=k2lV5wQwwj0C&lpg=PA34&ots=yg-xJtgt00&dq=swimming%20during%20the%20three%20weeks&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q=swimming%20during%20the%20three%20weeks&f=false Rabbi Eider] quotes Rav Moshe Iggerot Moshe Even Haezer 4:84 who says even during the [[nine days]] if one is sweating or dirty and wants to wash off it's permissible to | [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/735559/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Halachos_of_the_Three_Weeks Rabbi Ayreh Lebowitz], Moadei Yeshurun (pg 128) quoting Rav Moshe, Halichot Shlomo (Moadim, vol 2, chap 14, note 7), MeBayit Levi (vol 13, pg 22, note 5) quoting Rav Wosner, Sh"t Rivevot Ephraim 3:333, 4:135:14, 6:285:2, and Shevet HaKehati 1:169:4. [http://books.google.com/books?id=k2lV5wQwwj0C&lpg=PA34&ots=yg-xJtgt00&dq=swimming%20during%20the%20three%20weeks&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q=swimming%20during%20the%20three%20weeks&f=false Rabbi Eider] quotes Rav Moshe Iggerot Moshe Even Haezer 4:84 who says even during the [[nine days]] if one is sweating or dirty and wants to wash off it's permissible to dip in the pool for a short time. Shaarim mitzuyanim bihalacha kuntres acharon 122:12 is lenient with children swimming in private area during the [[nine days]], but not in public, like camps.</ref> The Sephardic minhag, however, is to refrain from swimming in cold water during the week in which [[Tisha BeAv]] falls (Shevua SheChal Bo). <ref> Yalkut Yosef (Shevua SheChal Bo #14) writes that strictly speaking the Sephardic minhag would allow swimming in cold water during Shevua SheChal Bo, however, because of danger it's proper to refrain from it. This is the position of Rav Ovadya Yosef in Sh"t Yechave Daat 1:38. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=2181 Rabbi Mansour on dailyhalacha.com] however, writes that swimming during Shevua SheChal Bo is forbidden because of bathing. See also Or Letzion.</ref> | ||
==Eating Meat and Drinking Wine== | ==Eating Meat and Drinking Wine== | ||
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* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/796035/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Halachos_of_the_Nine_Days_and_Rosh_Chodesh Halachos of the Nine Days and Rosh Chodesh] by Rabbi Hershel Schachter | * [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/796035/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Halachos_of_the_Nine_Days_and_Rosh_Chodesh Halachos of the Nine Days and Rosh Chodesh] by Rabbi Hershel Schachter | ||
* [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/735779/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Halachos_of_the_Nine_Days Halachos of the Nine Days] by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz | * [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/735779/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Halachos_of_the_Nine_Days Halachos of the Nine Days] by Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Holidays]] | [[Category:Holidays]] | ||
