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Nine Days

  • Kashrus, Meat and Milk, Nine Days
  • imitation meat, maris ayin, Nine Days: Meat & Wine, מראית עין

What is the din for imitation meat?

  Question: What is the din for imitation (fake, faux, parve) meat (made out of fruit, nuts, and vegetables)? I am assuming it is completely mutar to have during the…

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  • Haircut, Nine Days
  • Nine Days: Haircut

Can I trim my mustache the week of Tisha B’Av?

  You may trim your mustache - if it interferes with eating - this week.   Sources: שו״ע תקנא, יג. ופשטות השו״ע להתיר גם בשבוע זה, שהרי כל עיקר איסור…

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  • Nine Days
  • Nine Days: Laundry, Tisha B’Av on Shabbos (Nidche)

I’m I allowed to wash the laundry during the 9 days for an adult suffering from incontinence?

  Yes, especially this year where Tisha B’av is delayed till Sunday, but only the bare minimum items that are needed this week and only those clothing that have become…

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  • Haircut, Mikvah (Women), Nine Days
  • haircut before mikvah, Nine Days: Haircut

Haircut Before Mikvah in the Nine Days

  Question: My wife usually cuts her hair a few days before going to the mikvah. Would she be able to cut her hair during the nine days or in…

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  • Nine Days, Swimming, The 3 Weeks
  • camp, Nine Days: Swimming

Is it Okay to have the boys play in water sprinklers, instead of swimming, during the nine days?

  It’s Okay to have the boys play in water sprinklers during the nine days, if effort is made that only face hands and feet become wet, or in the…

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  • Nine Days
  • Nine days: Bathing & Showering, sauna

Is there any restrictions on going into a dry sauna during the nine days?

  No.   Sources: שקו״ט בכ״מ, ובפרט לענין ע״ש חזון. אלא שבכ״מ מיירו מענין זיעה רטובה. ולכן נחלקו בזה אם להתיר בע״ש להרגיל בכך. אבל בזיעה יבשה ממש נראה שאפשר…

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  • Nine Days, Shopping, The 3 Weeks, Tzitzis
  • new tzitzis in the 3 weeks, Nine Days: New Clothing

New Tzitzis Activity In The Nine Days

  Question: We have planned out for camp a whole event for the campers to make their own tzitzis, and we wanted to know if it's possible to make them…

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  • Mikvah (Men), Nine Days
  • Nine days: Bathing & Showering

May a men’s Mikvah be heated to the regular temperature during the nine days/week of Tisha B’Av?

  The common custom is to keep the Mikva at regular temperature or close to that temperature (not to deter anyone from using it), but not to be in the…

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  • Nine Days

May one have an appliance delivered and installed during the 9 days but only use it after Tisha B’av?

  It may be ordered but may not be delivered and installed until after the nine days.   Source: ראה אג"מ או"ח ח"ג סי' פב.     #10097

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  • Nine Days, Tisha B'Av
  • motzei tisha bav

Traveling Motzei Tisha B’Av

  Question: Is there a difference (with regards to traveling) between the nine days and motzoei Tisha B'Av until Yud av at Chatzos?   Answer: The common custom is to…

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  • Nine Days
  • Nine Days: Laundry

Can I clean a stain during the nine days?

  Question: If I get a stain on my clothes, can I just wash the area of the stain during the nine days?   Answer: Ideally, if it’s a bigger…

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  • Nine Days, The 3 Weeks
  • Nine Days: Meat & Wine

Can I fry in a Fleishig Deep Fryer during the 9 days?

  Q. If I have a deep fryer, in which chicken was fried, thus rendering the oil Fleishig, is it permissible to use that oil to fry something Parve during…

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  • Nine Days

Can we purchase and give a gift during the nine days?

  Question: We need to thank someone who extended great kindness to us. Is it permissible to purchase and give a gift (silver or similar type gift) during the nine…

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  • - עברית, Nine Days
  • Nine Days: Meat & Wine, siyum

אכילת בשר בסעודת מצוה בתשעת הימים

  שאלה: שמעתי בשנה שעברה, שכמה רבנים הורו שכל המשתתפים בסיומי מסכת יכולים לאכול בשר. ראיתי אשר בקיצשו"ע סי' קכב סעיף ח מסייג זאת רק למשפחת בעל השמחה ולעוד עשרה…

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  • Nine Days, The 3 Weeks
  • Nine Days: Meat & Wine, siyum

Is it true that Minhag Chabad is to refrain from eating meat even after making a Siyum during the 9 days?

  I have not heard of such a Minhag as an official Chabad Minhag. In Sefer Haminhagim it relates: כ"ק אדמו"ר (מהרש"ב) נ"ע הי' נוהג לעשות סיומים בט' ימים שבין…

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  • Nine Days

My wife washes and sets Sheitels as a business. Can she do it during the 9 days?

  Ideally, she should not be open for business to wash Sheitels as explained in the link below (see there about the halacha of washing a Sheitel in the Nine…

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  • Nine Days
  • Nine Days: Laundry

If one has no more clean undergarments can laundry be done during 9 days? Is it better to buy new ones?

  One may not launder clothing during the 9 days. If all clothes have been worn and one has no more clothes one may only launder during the week before…

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  • Nine Days, The 3 Weeks
  • Nine Days: Traveling

Vacation during the Nine Days

  Question: Hi! My family isn't frum yet, and there is a family vacation booked in the mountains, beginning on Sunday before Roch Chodesh Av and ending on Friday 3…

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  • Mikvah (Men), Nine Days
  • Covid-19, showering

Is taking a shower before going into the Mikva during the 9 days allowed, forbidden or a Chiyuv?

  Question: Due to the pandemic, is taking a shower before going into the Mikva during the nine days (for no other reason than to uphold the hygiene of the…

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  • Nine Days

Is a woman allowed to purchase (cheap/simple) nightwear during the 9 days?

  No.   משנ"ב תקנא, סקמ"ה: ובגדים שאינם חשובים כ״כ שא״צ לברך עליו שהחיינו כגון מנעלים חדשים ואנפלאות וכיו״ב בודאי מותר לקנותו וללבשו מי״ז בתמוז עד ר״ח.     #10102

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