#5522 Lean on the Clean?
Kvod Horav Shlit’a. I will be Iy”H traveling right after Tisha Beav for a Family Bar mitzva and a vacation. Can I give during the Nine Days the necessary clothing to Non- Jewish cleaners so they will be ready when traveling?
Poskim disagree, some rule that one can not give them during the Nine Days to the Non- Jewish cleaners, telling them that he will pick them up after Tisha Beav (Magen Avrohom 551: 15, Chaye Adam 133: 2). Others permit (Pri Megadim (115), Mishna Berura (551).
Horav Dovid Pam Shlit’a opines that it seems that the Mishna Berura quoted is actually stringent.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: August 1, 2025