Highlighted entries are Halachah-related
MOURNING PRACTICES
In practical terms, what joyous activities do we curtail when the month of Av arrives?
From what point prior to Tish'ah b'Av does the Gemara prohibit eating meat and drinking wine? What is the accepted practice today?
From what date prior to Tish'ah b'Av does the Gemara prohibit laundering clothes? What is the rationale for the Ashkenazic practice to extend this prohibition even earlier?
Aside from garments, what other items may one not use freshly-laundered during the week of Tish'ah b'Av?
Which garments may be laundered, or used freshly-laundered, in the week of Tish'ah b'Av? What is permitted in honor of Shabbos?
May one cut one's nails during the week that Tish'ah b'Av falls?
1. Yosef Da'as to Ta'anis 29:p5, אות ה.
When may one resume laundry and haircuts after Tish'ah b'Av? What is the Halachah when Tish'ah b'Av falls on Thursday?


