{"id":403155,"date":"2025-07-27T15:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/djc.com.ua\/news\/devyaty-dniv-zakony-ta-zvychayi\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T15:37:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:37:37","slug":"devyaty-dniv-zakony-ta-zvychayi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/djc.com.ua\/en\/news\/devyaty-dniv-zakony-ta-zvychayi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nine Days\u2014Laws and Customs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The first nine days of the month of Av, and also the morning of the tenth,1 are days of acute mourning for the destruction of the first and second Holy Temples.<\/p>

During This Time, We Don\u2019t:
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eat meat (including poultry) or drink wine, for during this period the sacrifices and wine libations in the Holy Temple ceased.2 The exceptions to this rule are meat and wine consumed on Shabbat or as part of a meal that celebrates a mitzvah, such as a circumcision, bar mitzvah, or the completion of a tractate of the Talmud.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Launder clothing (except for a baby\u2019s)\u2014even if they will not be worn during the Nine Days\u2014or wear freshly laundered outer clothing.3 Those who wish to change their clothing daily should prepare a number of garments and briefly don each of them before the onset of the Nine Days. Then it is permitted to wear these \u201cnon-freshly laundered\u201d garments during the Nine Days.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Swim or bathe for pleasure.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Remodel or expand a home.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plant trees to be used for shade or fragrance (as opposed to fruit trees).<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Buy, sew, weave or knit new clothing\u2014even if they will be worn only after the Nine Days.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Exceptions to this rule: (a) If you will miss a major sale, or if the garment will be unavailable later. (b) For the purpose of a mitzvah, such as purchasing new clothing for a bride and groom.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cut nails during the actual week of the fast of Tisha B\u2019Av\u2014i.e., starting from the Saturday night before the fast until the conclusion of the Nine Days.<\/p>

The Sephardic custom is to observe the stringencies regarding bathing only in the week of Tisha B\u2019Av.<\/p>

Some more observances:
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Sanctification of the Moon is postponed until after Tisha B\u2019Av.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is no law forbidding traveling during the Nine Days; however, it is customary to refrain from traveling (or engaging in any potentially perilous activity) during these days, unless it is absolutely necessary.<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One may become engaged to be married during this period, but no celebration should be held until after Tisha B\u2019Av.<\/p>

Note: All these restrictions are in addition to the restrictions that apply during all of the Three Weeks.<\/p>

What We Do
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We try to moderate the sadness through participating in permissible celebrations. Encouraged by the Rebbe, we have someone complete a tractate of the Talmud each day of the Nine Days, in order to infuse these days with permissible joy. Join a Virtual Daily Siyum<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We study about the Holy Temple, in eager anticipation of its imminent rebuilding, understanding that our very learning is considered to be the first steps of this magnificent project. Learn About the Holy Temple<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We increase in charity, our kindness reversing the baseless hatred that triggered the destruction. More About Tzedakah<\/p>

Shabbat Chazon
The Shabbat preceding the Ninth of Av is called Shabbat Chazon\u2014\u201cShabbat of the Vision.\u201d This Shabbat\u2019s reading from the Prophets begins with the words Chazon Yeshayahu, the \u201cvision of Isaiah\u201d regarding the destruction of the Holy Temple. The legendary chassidic master Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev said that on this special Shabbat, every Jewish soul is shown a vision of the third Holy Temple. The purpose of this vision is to arouse within every Jew a yearning to actually see this edifice which will be built by G\u2011d, and to do as many mitzvot as possible in order to realize this dream. While this vision may not be sensed with the physical eyes, the soul certainly experiences this vision, and it affects the person on the subconscious level.<\/p>

There is no mourning on Shabbat\u2014click here for more on this topic.<\/p>

If possible, this week\u2019s havdalah wine or grape juice should be given to a child\u2014younger than bar\/bat mitzvah age\u2014to drink.<\/p>

Click here for the rules that apply if this Shabbat falls on the eighth or ninth of Av.<\/p>

The Inner Dimension
\u201cWhen the month of Av enters, we reduce our joy . . .\u201d\u00a0
\u2014Talmud, Taanit 26b<\/p>

The entire month of Av is considered to be an inopportune time for Jews. Our sages advised that a Jew who is scheduled to have a court hearing\u2014or anything of a similar nature\u2014against a gentile during this month should try to postpone it until after Av, or at least until after the Nine Days.<\/p>

On the positive side, as we get closer and closer to the messianic era, when these days will be transformed from days of sadness to days of joy, we start to focus on the inner purpose of the destruction, which is to bring us to a higher level of sensitivity and spirituality, and ultimately to the rebuilding\u2014with even greater grandeur and glory\u2014of all that was destroyed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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