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==Business== | ==Business== | ||
# When the month of Av begins one should reduce one’s involvement in activities of happiness. <Ref>S”A 551:1</ref> | # When the month of Av begins 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> | # 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 has to 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 Chatan 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> | ||
# | # The minhag is to be lenient to allow one not to reduce one’s regular business during the Nine days. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 551:11, Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 559) </ref> | ||
# One may not build houses or buildings for business purposes during the Nine Days. However, one may hire a non-Jew before the Nine Days with a fixed sum for the entire project and then, he may work during the Nine Days and even on Tisha BeAv. <Ref>S”A 551:2, Mishna Brurah 511:12 </ref> | # One may not build houses or buildings for business purposes during the Nine Days. However, one may hire a non-Jew before the Nine Days with a fixed sum for the entire project and then, he may work during the Nine Days and even on Tisha BeAv. <Ref>S”A 551:2, Mishna Brurah 511:12 </ref> | ||
# If a wall if going to fall, even if there isn’t a concern of danger but only a concern of loss, one may restore it during the Nine Days. <Ref>S”A 551:2, Mishna Brurah 551:13 </ref> | # If a wall if going to fall, even if there isn’t a concern of danger but only a concern of loss, one may restore it during the Nine Days. <Ref>S”A 551:2, Mishna Brurah 551:13 </ref> | ||
==Taking Haircuts and Shaving== | ==Taking Haircuts and Shaving== | ||
# The Sephardic minhag is not to take a haircut during the week in which Tishba BaAv falls out (Shevua SheChal Bo)<Ref>S”A 551:3</ref>, while the Ashkenazic minhag is not to take a haircut during the entire Nine Days. <Ref>Rama 551:3 </ref> | # The Sephardic minhag is not to take a haircut during the week in which Tishba 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 moustache 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 moustache 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> | ||
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==Weddings== | ==Weddings== | ||
# The Sephardic minhag is not to get married during the Nine Days <Ref>S”A 551:2 </ref>, while the Ashkenazic minhag is not to get married anytime in the Three Weeks. <Ref>Rama 551:2 </ref> | # The Sephardic minhag is not to get married during the Nine Days <Ref>S”A 551:2 </ref>, while the Ashkenazic minhag is not to get married anytime in the Three Weeks. <Ref>Rama 551:2 </ref> | ||
# Even if the man has not yet fulfilled the mitzvah of Pru Urevu the minhag is not to get married during the Nine Days including Rosh Chodesh. <Ref>Yalkut Yosef (Moadim p. 560) </ref> | |||
==Shecheyanu== | ==Shecheyanu== | ||
