1) It is prohibited to sew any new clothing or shoes in the 'nine days', including socks and similar garments. (Shulchan Aruch Siman 551:7 and Mishna Berura S"K 46.)
New shoes may also not be worn in the 'nine days'. (Mishna Berura S"K 47)
An article of clothing that ripped during the nine days may be mended and worn, as the prohibition against sewing clothing is only applicable to making new clothing. Similarly, if a button fell off a shirt or any other article of clothing, it may be sewn on during the nine days. (See Kaf HaChaim Siman 551:115)
2) One should not purchase new eyeglass frames during the nine days unless they are necessary for seeing properly. Similarly, one may purchase new lenses for their current frames if the prescription has increased, and is thus necessary for improved vision.
It is permissible, in the 'nine days' to tie Tzitzis strings onto the four cornered garment for the first time, thus making them useable for the Mitzvah, as this isn't considered creating a garment. (Ruling of HaRav Nisim Karelitz Shlita, quoted in Sefer Yad B'bein Hametzorim page 77)
QUESTION & ANSWER CORNER
Reader Submitted Questions of interest on topics related to Halachos we covered, as well as other interesting topic and Answers.
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QUESTION:
I was at a sheva brochos a while ago and was told to drink some of the wine after the chosson and kallah because its a kos brocho and good for shidduchim etc.
Is there some halachic source for this?
Or a general inyan to drink Kos brocho?
Should I make a special effort to drink?
ANSWER:
Yes, it is a great source of Bracha to partake of Kos Shel Bracha (any cup of wine that had a blessing recited over it such as from a Bris, Sheva Barchos, Birkas HaMazon etc.)
The Gemara (Brachos 51b) relates a story of Yalta, wife of the Amora Rav Nachman, who broke 400 barrels of wine upon being told that it wasn't important for her to drink Kos Shel Bracha herself. (See MaHarsha and Ben Yehoyada who explain her actions as righteous, as she was showing that it isn't wine that is important rather the Bracha that one receives from drinking it)
You should definitely make every effort to partake of Kos Shel Bracha at every opportunity, even after you find your shidduch B'Karov. (See Shulchan Aruch and Mishna Berura Siman 190) .
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זכר צדיקים וקדושים לברכה
We call him Jake.
We hate him with a passion...or more like hated him. There I was, minding my own business Friday afternoon, when I spotted Jake staring at me from the window. I screeched, jumped, and grabbed a box of tissues (well all the tissues from the box). This would be the last time Jake would scare me, I wouldn't let him get away this time. But, Jake was a wise littl' fella and he kept escaping me. Who is Jake? Jake was an ant. Now he's a smashed ant (thanks to my big and brave Daddy!!) .
As I stood on the chair, screaming my lungs off, I quickly took a second to breathe and thank Hashem that it was "only an ant" and not a huge roach-cuz that would have been pretty bad! Sure, I'm petrified and grossed out from ants, and to me they are big and scary, but in reality, when I stopped to think about it, I'm so lucky that it's not something bigger. We all have bugs in our lives. We all have things that scare us. Whether it's a relative going off the derech, a relative with an illness,difficulty in school, difficulty in shidduchim.challenges with parnassa, difficulty having children, a death in the family, difficulty with friends... we all have at least one "big bug" in our life, that we just wish we could squash with a box of tissues.
Through all the screaming, crying and davening, you have to stop for a minute to breathe, to thank Hashem that what you're going through is just one "ant" and not a "roach". Yes what you're going through is no doubt hard and no doubt scary, but if you look around at the tzaros and troubles that other people have (and EVERYONE has something-whether you see it or not), you will realize that in comparison, your pain and your hardship is just a small ant in comparison to what others go through. Hashem gave you the nisyonos and challenges that are perfect for you.
You are always bigger than those "ants', those nisyonos. And Hashem equipped you with a box of tissues, a chair to stand on when you're not feeling so big, and your hands...
He gave you everything you need to use in order to over come the nisayon. May we all be zoche to see that our challenges (as hard as they are) are something that we can pass.
May we all thank Hashem for the ants He gave us, and appreciate that they aren't roaches.
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