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| #Although there is a practice that a minority of people have not to have meat and wine all of the three weeks, most only refrains from it for the nine days. All of the details are found on the [[Nine_Days#Eating_Meat_and_Drinking_Wine]] page. | | #Although there is a practice that a minority of people have not to have meat and wine all of the three weeks, most only refrains from it for the nine days. All of the details are found on the [[Nine_Days#Eating_Meat_and_Drinking_Wine]] page. |
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| #The sephardic custom is not to do laundry during the week of [[Tisha BeAv]].<ref>Shulchan Aruch 551:3 based on gemara in taanit 26b. </ref> Ashkenazic custom is to refrain already from [[Rosh Chodesh]] Av, <ref>Rama 551:3. </ref> The same applies with wearing freshly laundered clothing even if they were washed prior to these times. <ref>Shulchan Aruch and Rama 551:3, Yechave Daat 1:39 </ref>
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| #One shouldn't do laundry even if he doesn't plan on wearing the clothes until afterwards, as this distracts him from his [[mourning]]. He also should not give it to a non-Jew to do for him. <ref>Shulchan Aruch and Rama 551:3 and Mishna Brurah 551:34. [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/746977/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Ten_Minute_Halacha_-_Laundry_During_the_Nine_Days Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz] at about 9:45 also says allowing a non-jewish housekeeper to do your laundry is prohibited even though this doesn't really distract you from [[mourning]]. </ref>
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| #A wig/sheitel is considered an article of clothing for the purposes of laundry during the [[nine days]] and therefore one should not wash it or have it set professionally during the [[nine days]]. However, one may curl or set the wig at home, provided that they are not professionals. <ref>Piskei Teshuvot 551:20. Nitei Gavriel 21:5:footnote 8 permits fixing or cutting a wig until the [[nine days]]. </ref>
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| #In hospitals, it is permitted to clean the linens and clothing because this is done to keep clean for health reasons and not for pleasure. In hotels and motels they can change the linens for new guests because people are disgusted by using what others have already used. <ref>Tzitz Eliezer 13:61 </ref>
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| #A jewish laundromat that would have no money otherwise may wash non-Jews' clothing during this time. <ref>Mishna Brurah 551:43 </ref>
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| #Undergarments which are designed to absorb sweat may be worn freshly-laundered. <ref>[http://halachayomit.co.il/EnglishDisplayRead.asp?readID=2087 Rav Ovadia Yosef on halachayomit.co.il] </ref>
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| #One is permitted to shine their shoes for Kavod of [[Shabbat]] even during the week of Tisha B'av. <ref>Iggerot Moshe 3:80, Yabea Omer OC 3:31 </ref>
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| ==Cutting Nails== | | ==Cutting Nails== |
