The Three Weeks
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16. Building and Planting During the Nine Days
Since we curtail our joy from the beginning of Av, one may not build anything that brings joy during the Nine Days. -
15. Meat and Wine on Shabbat Hazon and at a Se’udat Mitzva
We eat meat and drink wine on Shabbat Ĥazon, as we do on every other Shabbat of the year. -
14. The Laws of Eating Meat and Drinking Wine
The prohibition on eating meat includes all types of meat. One who is even slightly ill may eat meat and drink wine, if it helps him. -
13. Meat and Wine
The Rishonim had a custom to refrain from eating meat and drinking wine during the period of mourning over the destruction of the Temple. -
12. When Av Arrives, we Curtail our Joy
The Sages state in the Mishna (Ta’anit 26b), “When Av arrives, we curtail our joy,” because this is a period of mourning over the Temple’s destruction. Therefore, one should not engage in joyous activities. -
11. Shaving One’s Beard During the Three Weeks
Ashkenazim and some Sephardim is to refrain from cutting one’s hair during the entirety of the Three Weeks. Regarding shaving one’s beard, however, a question arises. -
10. Haircuts
The Sages instituted prohibitions against cutting one’s hair and washing one’s clothes during the week of Tisha Be-Av. -
9. Marriage and Engagement
It is customary in most Jewish communities that no weddings are held during the Three Weeks. Until the first of Av, one may hold a modest, small-scale engagement party. -
8. In Which Cases May One Recite She-heheyanu?
One who is presented the opportunity to perform a mitzva that requires one to recite She-heĥeyanu.According to most poskim, one may recite She-heĥeyanu on the Shabbatot of the Three Weeks. -
7. Reciting She-heheyanu During the Three Weeks
Some of the greatest Rishonim would refrain from eating a new fruit or buying a new garment during the Three Weeks, in order to avoid reciting She-heĥeyanu.
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