[Avodah] bathing during the 9 days

[Eli Turkel]

>From the OU site

Rav Moshe Soloveichik explained that the Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh Deah
381:1) records the original Ashkenazic custom not to shower or bathe
for the entire Shloshim period. Therefore, the custom was to similarly
refrain from showering or bathing during the Nine Days. However, since
nowadays the custom is to shower immediately after Shivah and not to
be stringent in this regard during the Shloshim period, therefore
there is no reason to refrain from bathing during the Nine Days. The
old Nine Days custom no longer applies because it was based on a
mourning custom that is no longer observed.

Adapted from Shiurei Harav on Mourning and Tisha B’Av, based on the
lectures of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. T
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Eli Turkel