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- Shabbat and Holidays
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Question
My wife runs a day camp for children ranging in age from 2-5 years old and during the summer the children go swimming every day the question is are the allowed to swim during the nine days?
Answer
If the ages of the children who are going swimming are 2-5 then they may swim.
Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
Nine days
Various Rabbis | Iyyar 6, 5768
Meat and wine in the Nine days
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Tammuz 29, 5768
Matzeivah during 9 days
Rabbi Moshe Leib Halberstadt | Iyyar 20, 5772
