[Avodah] bathing during the 9 days

[rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com]

Yehoshua Meisner:
> However, Beis Shmuel, citing Hagahos Maimoniyos, states that the reason
> for the takanah was due to economic reasons, so perhaps RRW's point
> would still hold.

For now - I completely recant my previous remarks
Re: Yibbum and the cherem.

(FWIW I did know that Yibbum was exempt from the cherem.)

The problem is that I had a premise - based upon a factoid - that seems
to be completely unsupported in my Google Searches.

So apparently I relied upon an "urban legend" to draw a false conclusion.

I apologize for any confusion. And if I ever do find that alleged
"factoid" I will BEH revisit this.

KT
RRW
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