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# The mitzva of showering can only be fulfilled with warm to hot water. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 260:1; Beiur Halacha 260 s.v. “Bechamin” and "Lechof Harosh". But see Devar Chevron 2:229 </ref> | # The mitzva of showering can only be fulfilled with warm to hot water. <ref>Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 260:1; Beiur Halacha 260 s.v. “Bechamin” and "Lechof Harosh". But see Devar Chevron 2:229 </ref> | ||
# The order of what to wash first when showering is as follows: head, face, chest, right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg.<ref>[[Shabbat]] 61a; Mishna Brurah 2:7, 260:1; Be'er Moshe 3:1; Ben Ish Chai (Vayishlach 17), [http://www.eichlers.com/Product/Books/Halachah_-_Jewish_Law/General_Issues/Amot-Shel-Halacha---Halachic-Insights---The-Dalet-Amot-Halacha-Series:-1-_H028-3.html Amot Shel Halacha] (by Rabbi Ari Enkin). The Ta’amei Haminhagim 249 writes that this pre-[[Shabbat]] wash is known in kabbalistic circles to assist in removing sins from one’s soul. </ref> | # The order of what to wash first when showering is as follows: head, face, chest, right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg.<ref>[[Shabbat]] 61a; Mishna Brurah 2:7, 260:1; Be'er Moshe 3:1; Ben Ish Chai (Vayishlach 17), [http://www.eichlers.com/Product/Books/Halachah_-_Jewish_Law/General_Issues/Amot-Shel-Halacha---Halachic-Insights---The-Dalet-Amot-Halacha-Series:-1-_H028-3.html Amot Shel Halacha] (by Rabbi Ari Enkin). The Ta’amei Haminhagim 249 writes that this pre-[[Shabbat]] wash is known in kabbalistic circles to assist in removing sins from one’s soul. </ref> | ||
==Brushing | ==Laundering One's Clothing== | ||
# One should brush one's hair nicely in honor of [[Shabbat]]. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 72:12, [http://www.eichlers.com/Product/Books/Halachah_-_Jewish_Law/General_Issues/Amot-Shel-Halacha---Halachic-Insights---The-Dalet-Amot-Halacha-Series:-1-_H028-3.html Amot Shel Halacha] (by Rabbi Ari Enkin). See also Yosef Ometz 565 </ref> | # The establishment of Ezra Hasofer was that a person should launder all of his clothing before Shabbat on Thursday each week. The reason it was established for Thursday and not Friday is so that it wouldn't interfere with one's preparations for Shabbat.<ref>Gemara Bava Kama 82a, Shulchan Aruch 242:1, Magen Avraham 242:3, Mishna Brurah 242:6</ref> However, because using modern washing machines it is quick to do the laundry it is permitted to do so on Friday.<Ref>Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata 42:13 cited by Piskei Teshuvot 242:10. Yalkut Yosef 242:7 writes that it is permitted to do the laundry on Friday but it is proper to do it beforehand. Or Letzion 2:16:1 writes that one shouldn't do it on Friday unless there is an extenuating circumstance.</ref> | ||
# The reason it was established to be done on Thursday and not earlier in the week was so that it was evident that the laundry was being done special for Shabbat. With regards to this concept the laundry can be done already from Wednesday since the kedusha of Shabbat begins to set in.<ref>Yalkut Yosef 242:7</ref> Others hold that it can be done even from the beginning of the week.<Ref>Eliya Rabba 242:9</ref> | |||
# There is only an establishment to clean one's clothing for Shabbat if they're dirty, however, one's outer garments such as one's suit can certainly be worn multiple times before it is cleaned.<ref>Or Letzion 2:16:2, Mishna Brurah 242:5</ref> | |||
==Brushing One's Hair== | |||
# One should brush one's hair nicely in honor of [[Shabbat]]. <ref>Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 72:12, [http://www.eichlers.com/Product/Books/Halachah_-_Jewish_Law/General_Issues/Amot-Shel-Halacha---Halachic-Insights---The-Dalet-Amot-Halacha-Series:-1-_H028-3.html Amot Shel Halacha] (by Rabbi Ari Enkin). See also Yosef Ometz 565. </ref> | |||
==Cutting one's nails== | ==Cutting one's nails== | ||
# One should arrange for one's hair and nails to be cut on Erev [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 260:1 </ref> | # One should arrange for one's hair and nails to be cut on Erev [[Shabbat]]. <ref> Shulchan Aruch 260:1 </ref> | ||
