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# The Sephardic minhag is not to launder clothes or wear newly laundered clothes during the week in which Tisha BeAv falls out (Shevua SheChal Bo)<Ref> | # The Sephardic minhag is not to launder clothes or wear newly laundered clothes during the week in which Tisha BeAv falls out (Shevua SheChal Bo)<Ref>Shulchan Aruch 551:3</ref>, while the Ashkenazic minhag is not to launder clothes or wear newly laundered clothes during the entire Nine Days. <Ref>Rama 551:3 </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> | ||
# 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> | |||
# 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> | |||
===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> | ||
