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==Dancing== | ==Dancing== | ||
# Dancing is forbidden during the three weeks even not in the context of a joyous occasion. <Ref> Magen Avraham 551:10 says explicitly that it is forbidden to dance during the three weeks even if not in the context of a joyous occasion such as an engagement. The Eliya Rabba 551:6, Pri Megadim E"A 551:10, Baer Hetiev 551:11, Mishna Brurah 551:16, Ben Ish Chai (Shana Rishona, Devarim no. 5), Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 560, Kitzur S”A 551:9), Chazon Ovadyah (Arba Taaniyot pg 149), and Lehorot Natan 10:49 all concur that dancing is forbidden during the three weeks. </ref> | # Dancing is forbidden during the three weeks even not in the context of a joyous occasion. <Ref> Magen Avraham 551:10 says explicitly that it is forbidden to dance during the three weeks even if not in the context of a joyous occasion such as an engagement. The Eliya Rabba 551:6, Pri Megadim E"A 551:10, Baer Hetiev 551:11, Mishna Brurah 551:16, Ben Ish Chai (Shana Rishona, Devarim no. 5), Yalkut Yosef (Moadim pg 560, Kitzur S”A 551:9), Chazon Ovadyah (Arba Taaniyot pg 149), Simchat Cohen 162, and Lehorot Natan 10:49 all concur that dancing is forbidden during the three weeks. </ref> | ||
# Some poskim are lenient to permit dancing at a sheva brachot during the three weeks for someone who got married before the three weeks.<ref>Lehorot Natan 10:49 explains that not dancing during the three weeks is a minhag but making the chatan and kallah happy at sheva brachot is a Biblical or rabbinic obligation.</ref> | # Some poskim are lenient to permit dancing at a sheva brachot during the three weeks for someone who got married before the three weeks.<ref>Lehorot Natan 10:49 explains that not dancing during the three weeks is a minhag but making the chatan and kallah happy at sheva brachot is a Biblical or rabbinic obligation.</ref> Other poskim forbid it and even recommend not having a sheva brachot meal.<ref>Keneh Bosem 3:36. Nitai Gavriel (Three Weeks 6:5) cites poskim about this dispute.</ref> | ||
==Swimming and Bathing== | ==Swimming and Bathing== |