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>From today's OU Kosher Halacha Yomis</div>
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<p><strong><strong>Q. May I go swimming or canoeing during the Nine Days?</strong></strong></p>
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<p>A. Since bathing and showering one’s entire body are prohibited during the Nine Days, the same restriction applies to swimming as well (Aruch HaShulchan OC 551:35). Rav Moshe Feinstein,
<em>z</em><em>t”l</em> prohibited canoeing during the Nine Days because the unstable canoe might overturn and one would fall into the water (Moadei Yeshurun p. 136:41 and p. 161:164).</p>
<p>It has been mentioned in a previous Halacha Yomis that dangerous activities should be avoided during the entire period of the Three Weeks, it is apparent that Rav Moshe,
<em>zt”l</em> did not consider canoeing a dangerous activity and therefore he allowed canoeing until the Nine Days. Rabbi Moshe Perlowitz,
<em>zt”l</em> suggested that canoeing down roaring rapids is in fact dangerous and should be avoided the entire Three Weeks.</p>
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