Question:
During this period are you allowed 1. to buy mezuzahs 2. or small household items 3. book a flight to Israel 4. have urgent repairs or deliveries for the home?
Answer:
- It is permitted to buy mezuzahs during the nine days, the same way it is permitted to buy tefillin.
- Small household items may be purchased during the nine days, since they are not.
- It is permitted.
- Please be more specific as to what you are referring to, but in general if something needs to urgently be repaired it is permitted.
Sources:
- Igros Moshe O:CH 3-80, Halichos V’hanhagos (R’ Eliyashiv zt”l) pg.5.
- Halichos V’hanhagos (R’ Eliyashiv zt”l) pg.5, The three weeks pg.69.
- Poskim
