– Q. Kvod Rabbenu Shlit’a. I’ll have Iy’H in during the Nine Days my children and their families visiting us. What is the correct thing to do for them when providing fresh linen and towels as they need? Is it permitted?
A. The above is a common Shaila at this time of the year. In question 3807 we were asked:
“If guest visit during the Nine Days as is common since it is vacation time, can one change the linen of the bed for them with clean washed sheets?”
To what we answered: “Remah (O.H. 551: 3) rules that we follow the opinion that washing and wearing clean washed clothing is prohibited during the Nine Days.
However, Minchas Yitzchok (10: 44) maintains that hotels can change the linen of the beds for new customers. He recommends to leave the fresh linen for about one hour on the floor and also not to request fresh sheets during one’s stay during those days. (See Piskei Teshuvos 551: 16).” The same can be followed for guest visiting then.”
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a.
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