[Avodah] [Areivim] Washing during the nine days

[Moshe Feldman]

I wrote on Areivim:
>> The aveilus of Nine Days is equivalent to Shloshim.  <snip>   RMS is quoted
as saying: if someone wishes to be machmir on himself and not wash on
Erev Tisha B'Av, "m'heicha teisi." <<

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Doron Beckerman <beck072 at gmail.com>
wrote on Areivim:
> I've always wondered about the equivalence of  the Nine Days to Shloshim -
> m'heicha teisi.

Nefesh HaRav p. 191 cites Pischei Tshuva OC 551:3 citing Tshuvas Panim
Me'iros that a woman is permitted to have a haircut during the Nine
Days given that there are *some* poskim who permit her to have a
haircut during Shloshim.  The implication is that the Nine Days are no
more chamur than Shloshim.

Kol tuv,
Moshe