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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 Tishba BaAv falls out (Shevua SheChal Bo). Additionally, these practices are very similar but generally more stringent than those that observed during the [[Three Weeks]]. | 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 Tishba 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> | ||
# 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>S”A 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>S”A 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 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> | ||
