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1) It is prohibited for a male to [intentionally] smell the perfume that is on a [forbidden] female. (Shulchan Aruch Even HaEzer Siman 21:1. See also Mishna Berura Siman 217:17)
According to some Rishonim this is a biblical prohibition. (See Rambam Pirush Hamishnayos Sanhedrin Perek 7 on Mishna on 54a and Sefer Chareidim Perek 28 quoting the Tashbatz. They say that the prohibition of "Lo Tin'af" is also read "Lo Tehene L'Af, do not have pleasure with your nose". See also Sefer Chareidim perek 15 that there is an additional prohibition of "Lo Tikrevu L'Galos Ervah" as anything that causes one to get closer to transgressing Arayos is biblically prohibited.)
2) Perfume on a girl below the age of twelve, according to some Poskim it may be smelled while others are stringent and disallow this as well. (See Mogen Avrohom Siman 217:10 and Mishna Berura S"K 16)
Some Poskim even prohibit a man from smelling his wife's perfume on her when she is a Nidah. (Mishna Berura ibid.)
If a female regularly wears a vial of perfume around her neck, it is prohibited to smell that vial even when it is not on her and is sitting on the table. (See Mishna Berura Siman 217:17. See also See Shu"t Ohr L'Tzion Perek 14:39 and Pischei Teshuva Yoreh Deah Siman 195:1 regarding smelling a random bottle of the kind of perfume that you know is worn by a certain female.)
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Reader's Question:
When I looked through the archives of the halachos of the 3 weeks/ 9 days, it mentioned that some things prohibited on Tisha b'Av are not allowed to resume until chatzot the day after Tisha b'Av.
What is the reason for delaying and not allowing activites to resume right after Tisha b'Av ends?
Answer:
Although the Bais HaMikdash was set ablaze on the 9th of Av, it continued to burn, and indeed most of it was consumed, on the 10th of Av.
In fact, the Talmud Taanis 29a tells us that Rav Yochanan stated that had he been alive during the time of the Churban he would have instituted the fast day on the 10th of Av instead of the 9th.
Many tragedies have befallen the Jewish people over the years on the 10th of Av as well, therefore this day is marked as a day of mourning as well until Chatzos.
The reason the actual fast is marked on the 9th is that the beginning of the destruction of the Bais Hamikdash is the most tragic time to commemorate. (See Shulchan Aruch Siman 558:1 and Mishna Berura S"K 1)
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Excessive guilt feelings for past failings will prevent you from continuing to do more good deeds in the present. Focus on doing on as many good deeds as possible. Imagine a person with a limited time to collect diamonds from a large pile. Whatever he put in his sack would be his. In his haste he might accidentally drop a few. Only a fool would then stop collecting more and bemoan his misfortune.
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