[Avodah] Showering During the Nine Days

[Akiva Miller]

I omitted several important words from the last paragraph of my previous post. Here is the corrected version:

R' Joel Schnur wrote:

> ... BTW, Rav Moshe allowed laundered shirts to be worn during
> the nine days. He held that ONLY starched shirts were forbidden
> for first time use... I spoke with Rav Aron Felder...  In his
> words, it was the "snap" of a starched shirt that Rav Moshe said
> was the issur. When I asked about No-Iron shirts, he reiterated
> "starched shirts because of their snap, that's all."

The Mechaber 442:3 mentions starch in the context of laundry that might contain chometz, so he was clearly aware of this technology. If so, why is it raised in a Nine Days context only by such recent poskim?

Further, if the "snap" is a critical factor, I think only clothes which were pressed (=ironed) would have that quality. But Mishneh Brurah 551:23 seems to say that clothes which only underwent kibus, without gihutz may NOT be worn until after Tish'a B'Av. I've always understood gihutz to be pressing the clothes, and if that is correct, then Rav Moshe would seem to be disagreeing with that MB. He is allowed to do so, of course, but I just thought I should point it out.

Akiva Miller


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