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The 3 Weeks

  • Bar Mitzvah, Nine Days, The 3 Weeks
  • fleishig, nine days: meat and wine, siyum

My son’s Bar Mitzvah is in the nine days. Can we serve Fleishigs if he will make a Siyum on a Mesichta of Mishanyos?

  Yes, a Mesichta of Mishanyos (preferably with a Pirush such as Bartenura etc.) suffices as a Siyum to be able to serve meat.   P.S. Technically, at a Seudah…

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  • Kiddush Levana, Tisha B'Av
  • או"ח תכו, הלכות ראש חודש

Can I recite Kiddush Levana with a congregation who davens Maariv before Tzeis?

  Kiddush Levanah can only be recited after tzies hakachavim. Sources: עיין רמא סימן תכו סעיף א ומשנ״ב שם סק״ב. להוסיף, שבכ״מ המנהג שאחרי מעריב הולכים הביתה וחוזרים אח״כ לקידוש…

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  • Nine Days, Tisha B'Av

האם ישנה בעיה לשיר בפה (לא עם כלי נגינה) בתשעה באב?

  המנהג לא לשיר. הרחבה: ע״פ דין מחולות וריקודים אסורים מי"ז תמוז ואילך. ובכלל זה כלי זמר. ובכמה מספרי הקדמונים מוכח שנהגו לאסור אפי' שירה בפה. אלא שלמעשה לא נתפשט…

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  • Tisha B'Av
  • Tisha B'av: Learning

Learning about Moshiach on Tisha B’Av

  I was wondering if it is permitted to learn past Chatzos on Erev Tisha B'Av, and/or on Tisha B'Av itself if it's about Moshiach? For example learning the Sichos…

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  • Bar Mitzvah, Tisha B'Av

Does the father of a Bar Mitzvah Bachur receiving his first Aliyah on Tisha B’av recite Boruch Shepetarani?

  Yes. Preferably the Aliya should be at Mincha.   הליכות שלמה טו, ח. שו"ת דברי ישראל א, קמט. ועוד.     #10314

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  • Tisha B'Av
  • Tisha B'av: Ointments

Can I apply sunscreen on Tisha B’av (to my hands, face and lips)?

  Yes, provided it is done strictly in order to protect from sunburn and not for pleasure.   ראה משנ״ב תקנד בבה״ל טו ד״ה סיכה.   #10378

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  • Tisha B'Av
  • Tisha B'av: Bathing

Is it permitted to bathe a one year old on Tisha B’Av?

  Yes.   ראה בחכמ״א קנב, יז. חנוך לנער בלוי כא הע׳ ד.     #10415

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  • Tisha B'Av
  • Tisha B'av: Learning

Can I learn Kria for Vo’Eschanan on Tisha B’Av? And on Erev Tisha B’Av?

  Yes.   רמ״א תקנ״ד ד, מג״א ז, מ״ב ח.   #10411

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  • Taanis, Tisha B'Av
  • fasting, Tisha B'av: Fasting

I gave birth last Friday – do I have to fast on Tisha B’Av?

  You are Patur (exempt) from fasting.   Sources: ט"ז סי' תקנ"ד סק"ה, מג"א סק"ט, א"ר סק"ח, משנה ברורה (שם) סקי"ג: אבל תוך שבעה, אפילו אמרה איני צריכה - אין לה להתענות.  קצושו"ע…

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  • Tehillim, Tisha B'Av
  • Tisha B'av: Learning, מעשה רב

Is it permitted to say Tehillim for Cholim Tisha B’Av night and morning?

  Yes.   Sources: ביו"ד שפד, ד: אבל מותר לקרות באיוב ובקינות ובדברים הרעים שבירמיה ובהל' אבילות, וה"מ בינו לבין עצמו אבל אינו לומד עם אחרים, אלא הם יושבים ונושאים…

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  • Tisha B'Av
  • Tisha B'av: Learning

Am I allowed to learn subjects that one may learn on Tisha b’av with a chavrusah?

  Yes.   ביו"ד שפד, ד: ״אבל מותר לקרות באיוב ובקינות ובדברים הרעים שבירמיה ובהל' אבילות, וה"מ בינו לבין עצמו אבל אינו לומד עם אחרים, אלא הם יושבים ונושאים ונותנים…

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  • Tisha B'Av

I had a baby a few days ago BH. I am not nursing. Someone told me that within 30 days of giving birth, one doesn’t have to fast. Is that accurate?

  Within the first thirty days of giving birth, the new mother (whether nursing/not nursing) is usually held in the category of “Chole”: exempt from fasting. However, if the birth…

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  • Tisha B'Av
  • nine days: swimming

This year Tisha B’Av is on a Thursday. At what time on Friday is it permitted for me to open the pool for swimming in the bungalow colony?

  After chatzos.   רמ"א תקנ"ח א, מ"ב ג - משא״כ בדבר שהוא לכבוד שבת, ראה בשאלה 10256: https://asktherav.com/10256-can-one-get-a-haircut-on-motzei-tisha-bav-when-it-is-thursday-night-or-is-it-better-to-wait-till-friday-morning/     #10267

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  • Haircut, The 3 Weeks, Tisha B'Av
  • haircut, nine days: laundry

Can one get a haircut on Motzei Tisha B’av when it is Thursday night? Or is it better to wait till Friday morning?

  If it will be done in honor of Shabbos, yes. (And the same applies to doing laundry).   Sources: רמ"א תקנ"ח א, מג"א א', מ"ב ג. ונסתפקו כמה אם…

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  • Nine Days
  • nine days: meat and wine

During the 9 days is it permitted to drink grape juice that has been diluted to the point that it is no longer Hagafen?

  One could be lenient if the person needs it for health purposes.   או״ח תקנא בשע״ת סק״ט, מ״ב סקס״ו.     #10251

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  • Nine Days
  • nine days: clothing

Can I have a non-Jew do alterations for me during the nine days?

  May be done by a Yid as well.   Sources: תיקון בגדים - ראה כה"ח תקנא, קז. וראה גם שו"ת רבבות אפרים ח"א שעג. וע"י נכרי נהגו להקל גם…

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  • Nine Days
  • nine days: laundry

If the dry cleaners is a goyisha place, can I drop off dry cleaning during the week of Tisha B’Av and pick it up Friday for Shabbos?

  One may not give clothes to a non-Jew during the nine days for them to clean even if it would be worn after Tisha B’av and even if they…

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  • Nine Days
  • Nine days: Purchases

Is it okay to look at a house and put in an offer during the 9 days?

  You may put an offering bid on a house in the Nine Days.   Sources: דבר האבד – פמ"ג בא"א סי' תקנ"א סק"ז, כה"ח סקכ"א, ועוד. ובמכ"ש מהמחבר (שם)…

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  • Nine Days
  • nine days: laundry

My children don’t have enough to wear for the 9 days. Is it better to buy new clothes or to wash the dirty ones?

  Washing or buying are generally both forbidden. However with kids clothing: If they are under six years old you may wash their clothing, Older than six till Bar Mitzvah…

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  • Nine Days
  • nine days: laundry

My cleaning lady put fresh linen on the beds, what should I do?

  Put the used linen on top of the new linen until after Tisha B’Av.   Sources: משנ"ב תקנא, סקל"ג שאין להחליף. [ולהעיר משו"ת מנח"י ח"י סי' מ"ד לענין אורחים…

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