Highlighted entries are Halachah-related

MOURNING PRACTICES

1) We Diminish Simchah -

In practical terms, what joyous activities do we curtail when the month of Av arrives?

Yerushalmi for Ta’anis 30:5:e, til k

1. Yosef Da'as to Ta'anis 29:p5, ד"ה משנכנס

2) Meat and Wine -

From what point prior to Tish'ah b'Av does the Gemara prohibit eating meat and drinking wine? What is the accepted practice today?

3) Laundering -

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?

4) Prohibited Laundering -

Aside from garments, what other items may one not use freshly-laundered during the week of Tish'ah b'Av?

5) Permitted Laundering -

Which garments may be laundered, or used freshly-laundered, in the week of Tish'ah b'Av? What is permitted in honor of Shabbos?

6) Nails -

May one cut one's nails during the week that Tish'ah b'Av falls?

7) When do they conclude? -

When may one resume laundry and haircuts after Tish'ah b'Av? What is the Halachah when Tish'ah b'Av falls on Thursday?

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