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# 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> | ||
==Fixing Clothing== | |||
# It is forbidden to fix or sew new clothing or shoes during the nine days but fixing old clothes is permitted.<ref>Shulchan Aruch OC 551:7</ref> | |||
# Sewing a button that fell off a shirt is permitted.<ref>Nitai Gavriel (Ben Hametzarim 37:2). Kaf Hachaim 551:17 permits sewing on a patch onto an old clothing during the nine days.</ref> | |||
# One shouldn't color or tie dye clothing during the nine days.<ref>Nitai Gavriel (Ben Hametzarim 37:14)</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>Shulchan Aruch 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. | ||
