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I was taught as a child to wear several sets of clothing one after another for a short period of time in the days prior to 1 Av, and I've encountered others who follow the same advice, though the time varies (half-hour, 1 hour, 2 hours).
As I grew older and became responsible for my own time and personal hygiene, I began running into a problem of not having ...
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The Aruch HaShulchan in OH 551:25 writes, after quoting the Ramo in the question:
ומובן ממילא דבעיר גדולה שיש בה תמיד כמה חולאים וכמה יולדות, והרבה חלושי הבריאות – לא שייך להצניע הסכין
"And it is understood automatically that in a big city where there always many sick people and many women who have given birth and many weak people -- it is not relevant to ...
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The Shulchan Aruch (551:4) rules regarding both the case of Tisha b'Av on Saturday and Tisha b'Av on Sunday that there is no mourning period and some say (Yesh Omrim) that there is mourning the entire preceding week. Generally when the Shulchan Aruch quotes two opinions and only the latter is prefaced by 'some say', the halacha follows the former opinion ...
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It seems you are asking if "freshly laundered" means not worn since the last time they were laundered or if it means that they just came out of the laundry recently (time-wise). Obviously, the phrase "freshly laundered" doesn't show up in the Shulchan Aruch, but looking at what he does say (OC 551:3):
וכן המכובסים מקודם, בין ללבוש בין להציע בהם המטה
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By asking about Shavu'a sheChal Bo, I assume you are looking for a Sephardi perspective. Maran writes (Shulchan Aruch OC 551:10):
ומותר לשתות יין הבדלה וברכת המזון.
It is permitted to drink the wine of Havdalah and Birkat haMazon.
The Rama there notes the Ashkenazi practice of refraining from drinking both of those and instead letting a child ...
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Supplementing, not supplanting, SethJ's good answer, I've known people to put their clothes on the floor and tread on them. Note, however, that I do not know about the halachic status of this action (whether it suffices for these purposes).
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It seems that both reasons are applicable.
See Rama in Shulchan Aruch 551:16 which says that bathing for pleasure is prohibited.
See Shulchan Aruch 551:1 and 551:18 which says that when the month of av comes in the more one should be careful and then says later on that certain parts of the day are more dangerous(see Mishna Brurah on 551:18).
The Medrash ...
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The Rama writes meat and wine by a seudas mitzvah davka and the food can only be eaten in the room of the siyum(Mishna Brurah 551:75).It seems that meat and wine are the only exception and it only applies during the seudah,not the rest of the day.
It should be noted that planning a siyum to davka come out during the nine days is not so pashut,even though ...
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Certainly. At least one shabbos will occur during the Nine Days, and meat is permitted for consumption then. Until refrigeration was invented, eating meat on Shabbos meant -- well yes they had other preservation methods, but most likely people would be buying it during the Nine Days too.
Similarly someone could be making a seudas mitzva and permitted to ...
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A s'udas mitzva can put aside the other sad customs!
Well, no, the s'uda can't, perhaps, but that's because a s'uda has nothing to do with cutting hair or the like. But a mitzva can! Someone making a b'ris wears nice clothes even during the nine days (Rama 551:1) and possibly even shaves (MB :5). And we launder (Rama :3) or make clothes for a mitzva, the ...
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Sefer HaToda'ah, authored by R' Eliyahu Ki Tov says in (part 2, page 374):
וכבר נתפשט המגהג שלא לאכול אפילו תבשיל שנתבשל
בו בשר. אבל מותר לאכול תבשיל שיתבשל בקדרה של בשר.
The custom to not eat even a cooked item that has been cooked with meat has already become popular. But it is permissible to eat a cooked item that was cooked in a meat ...
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this issue depends on whether you are sefardi or ashkenazi. although a minority opinion holds that if one always has a meaty rosh chodesh seuda then he may do so on rosh chodesh av as well, however the vast majority of poskim - including the chayei adam (133,15) and mishna brura (551, 58) rule that one may not have meat on rosh chodesh itself.
yet, even the ...
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The Ohr Somayach website says the following:
While wearing new clothing that doesn’t require the blessing
“sh’hecheyanu” is permitted until the 1st of Av, during the nine days
it is prohibited even on Shabbat.
I think it is reasonable to classify a tie as clothing over which we do not make “sh’hecheyanu”.
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This issue depends on whether you are sefardi or ashkenazi. Although a minority opinion holds that if one always has a meaty rosh chodesh seuda (meal) then he may do so on rosh chodesh av as well, the vast majority of poskim — including the chayei adam (133,15) and mishna brura (551, 58) — rule that one may not have meat on rosh chodesh itself; they hold the ...
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Per Shulchan Aruch HaRav Orach Chaim 260
One should not take a haircut on Rosh Chodesh, even if it comes out on
Friday and the haircut will be taken in honor of the Shabbat.
However Rabbi Monsour says that a Sephardi may take a haircut on Rosh Chodesh
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this egg - a tavshil shel bassar (although excluded by the Shulchan aruch) is included in the 9 days prohibition by the vast majority of Ashkenazic poskim as well as several contemporary sefardic ones as well - similar to laws of meat and milk.
see this excellent comprehensive article by rabbi Y. spitz addressing this exact issue (in the postscript):
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A secondary source would be the English Sefer "Summary of Halachos of the Three Weeks" by Rabbi Shimon Eider zt"l, chapter III D on page 9.
You can see it here with all the sources: http://books.google.co.il/books?id=k2lV5wQwwj0C&lpg=PP1&hl=iw&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q&f=false
Here is a copy of the relevant chapters - without the sources ...
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I'm copying cmb's clear answer from a similar topic (good chazara):
this issue depends on whether you are sefardi or ashkenazi. although a minority opinion holds that if one always has a meaty rosh chodesh seuda then he may do so on rosh chodesh av as well, however the vast majority of poskim - including the chayei adam (133,15) and mishna brura (551, 58) ...
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The answer is that it depends - see this excellent comprehensive article by rabbi spitz explaining all the reasons and backgrounds as well as contemporary poskims' relevant psak:
http://ohr.edu/this_week/insights_into_halacha/5228
basically, as long as the showering is strictly for hygiene, it is permitted - but one must take steps to minimize his ...
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