Q. See question above. Could we invite friends and receive gifts that will be stored and not opened until after Tisha Beav? Does it make a difference if the birthday is for children?
A. If they will not be used now one may accept them in order to not to embarrass the giver and after explaining to them that they will be used after the Nine Days.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Y. Hirshman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu, Horav Kalman Ochs, and Horav Dovid Bartfeld consulting in need Horav Hagaon Rav Yitzchak Berkowitz Shlit’a