Question: On the nine days when one would not eat meat, is it permitted to eat an onion that has been cut with a (clean) meaty knife? Answer: The prohibition… Read more »
Category: The Nine Days
mikvah women in shevua shechal boi
Question: Does a women who’s leil tevilah falls in the 9 days have to do anything different? can she have a hot/warm bath etc? can she have a bath at… Read more »
Is it permissable to buy flowers for shabbos chazon
Question: Is it allowed to buy flowers for the shabbos table for Shabbos Chazon? Answer: It is permitted to buy flowers lekovod shabbos for Shabbos Chazon. Sources: Yerushalayim B’moadeha pg…. Read more »
Buying flowers for Shabbos
Question: Is it permitted to buy flowers for Shabbos Chazon? Answer: Please see the following post http://dinonline.org/2017/07/29/is-it-permissable-to-buy-flowers-for-shabbos-chazon/
What is it okay to do during this week and early next?
Question: Is it okay to purchase airline and hotel tickets for a trip during this week, this weekend, next Monday or Wed? Or can purchasing tickets for a trip bring… Read more »
9 days
Question: 1) Can one have a hot or warm shower on erev shabbos chazon? 2) Can one play soccer which is primarily done for exercise purposes on shvuah shechal boy?… Read more »
Boating during the nine days
Question: We are in a boys camp. Is it permissible to go boating during the nine days? if yes, is it limited to rowing? is canoeing permissible? Answer: From a… Read more »
My cousin by marriage is having a celebration / graduation party for her daughter during the nine days.
Question: My cousin (by marriage) is having a celebration / graduation party for her daughter during the nine days – this Sunday. I’ve apologized for not being able to attend,… Read more »
Online purchase of clothes in Nine Days if won’t arrive until later
Question: I know that one may not purchase clothing in the Nine Days even if he will not wear it until after the Nine Days. My question is what is… Read more »
Can I repair a bowling ball during the 9 days?
Question: Can I repair a bowling ball during the 9 days? They need to enlarge the holes for the fingers. Answer: It isn’t really in the spirit of the nine… Read more »
Good bye party in the nine days
Question: My SIL invited us to join her for supper in a resturant tonight, as a good by party for her daughter, I know this will mean a lot to… Read more »
House work in the 9 days
Question: Can I do heavier housecleaning such as washing a fridge? Also can I organize closets and do other long term housework? Thanks Answer: I can’t say that it is… Read more »
Clean laundry in the nine days
Question: I am confused about the halacha of wearing clean laundry, I did not grow up with this custom of putting on all clean clothing before the 9 days, but… Read more »
Conception during the nine days
Question: Is it permitted to conceive or get pregnant during these 9 days prior to Tisha B’av? If it is, is it ideal, or generally better to conceive after these… Read more »
Lenses During the Nine Days
Question: Can I put on the new contact lenses with the new prescription that the eye doctor gave me during the nine days? Answer: Yes you may. The reason is… Read more »
Taking delivery/picking up clothing purchased before the nine days
Question: I bought shirts and pants from Amazon several weeks ago (before 17 Tammuz even) — and had them sent to a friend in NY, because they had agreed to… Read more »
Repairing clothing during the Nine Days
Question: If string holding together the hemming on a pair of pants that is being worn has come out during the nine days, is it permissible to fix it (no… Read more »
Picture hanging during the 9 days
Question: Is one allowed to hang pictures during the nine days that was taken down after the house was painted(before the nine days) ? Answer: During the nine days we… Read more »
Can I work on a piece of embroidery in the Nine Days?
Question: Can I work on a piece of embroidery in the Nine Days? The article I am working on will be used either as a parochet for our shul or… Read more »
Are undergarments and towels including in the prohibition of doing laundry during the nine days?
Question: Are undergarments and towels including in the prohibition of doing laundry during the nine days? Thanks so much for this amazing site! Answer: Thank you for your compliment, it… Read more »
Is changing linen for Shabbos without washing permitted during the 9 days?
Question: Is changing linen for Shabbos without washing permitted during the 9 days? Answer: During the nine days, (for Ashkenazim, or the week of Tisha B’av for Sefardim) there are… Read more »
Waxing during the 9 days?
Question: Can a 16 year old girl get a waxing in the 9 days? Answer: The custom of not cutting hair during Bein Hamitzarim also includes the hair on one’s… Read more »
Birthday party during the 9 days
Question: It’s my husband b-day in the 9 days my I buy a present and what kind of b-day party my I do? Answer: Mazal Tov. May you and your… Read more »
Buying Sefer
Question: Can I buy a sefer during the three weeks and if yes, can I buy it even during the nine days? Answer: During the three weeks it is permitted,… Read more »
Birthday party during the three weeks or the nine days
Question: Are we allowed to celebrate birthday in bein hametzarim At home with family ? Answer: During the three weeks it is permitted, but during the nine days it isn’t… Read more »
Present during the 3 weeks
Question: During 3 weeks may a jew give a birthday present to avoid offending a close family member, such as flowers for a grandmother or something small for a child’s… Read more »
Showering during the nine days
Question: What are the heterim for showering during the nine days for people who sweat a lot like me? Answer: If you are uncomfortable to the degree that you feel… Read more »
Cold shower in the nine days
Question: Is one allowed to take a cold shower “to promote well being” and ” relive depression” in the Nine days Many thanks Answer: The terminology to “promoting well being”… Read more »
Siyum on one perek during the nine days
Question: I teach my younger brother gemara Brachos. Can we make a siyum on one perek (one that can even be matir meat on the nine days)? Answer: In order… Read more »
When does the three weeks start?
Question: When does the three weeks start with regard to music and shaving, on Monday night or on Tuesday morning? Answer: The Halachos of the three weeks start from the… Read more »
Seudas hoda’ah during the nine days
Question: My life was in danger and my life was spared by an event that I attribute to Hashem’s intervention. Is it permissible or advisable to have a seudas hoda’ah… Read more »
9 Days – Wearing new belt- Shabbos Chazon
Question: Before Rosh Chodesh Av I purchased a new belt. I tired it on at the store and after Rosh chodesh I would like to wear it. May I wear… Read more »
Rental contract 9 days
Question: Hi, I have recently come to a disagreements with my roommates and have to move out. Is it possible to find and apartment and sign a rental contract during… Read more »
Painting in the 3 weeks
Question: Is it permitted to repaint a wooden and leather chair during the 3 weeks and 9 day? What about drawing and painting for recreation (on paper or canvas)? Thanks… Read more »
Small party in the nine days
Question: Can one have small gathering for the couple and a few family members without music to honor that couples wedding anniversary? Answer: It is permitted if the gathering bears an… Read more »
Sprinkler park in nine days
Question: Can I take my children to a sprinkler park in the nine days? Answer: If they are little children you can take them. Sources: Shearim Metzuyanim Behalachah 122:12, Leket… Read more »
The Nine Days
Question: Dear Rabbi, Are we allowed to cook with wine during the 9 Days? From a practical point of view, I would imagine the answer to be “no”, but I’d… Read more »
Nine days
Question: If one has a job interview during the Nine Days, is one permitted to put on a nice suit (even though during the weekdays he does not usually wear… Read more »
Fruit wine in nine days.
Question: May one drink pomegranate or passion fruit wine in nine days? Label says its shehakol. Answer: It is permitted to drink pomegranate or passion fruit wine in the nine days,… Read more »
Washing in the 9 days
Question: Hi, My husband and I are leaving on holiday the morning after Tish Ba’av. We will be traveling around and not necessarily have access to washing facilities. We don’t… Read more »
Late havdalah
Question: Follow-up question regarding “late Havdalah” – it is forbidden from the letter of the law to drink wine during the seuda hamafsekes on erev Tisha B’av. What the rav… Read more »
late havdalah
Question: Yom Tov falls on Sunday night. Just before one is about to make Kiddush, one reminds himself that he forgot to make Havdalah on Saturday night. What should he… Read more »
Letter of Demand in 9 Days
Hi, I know there is a din not to engage with goyim in litigation during the 9 days. I have a situation which has arisen and from a commercial point… Read more »
New Clothes During Three Weeks
Can someone buy new clothes or shoes during the 3 weeks for clothes that one does not normally make a shechiyanu on? Like leather shoes, or shirts, or pants.Not a… Read more »