Question and answer with Rabbi Baruch Blizinsky, Rav of Reb Mendel’s Shul in Kfar Chabad, Israel on the laws of the Nine Days of mourning.
Originally published in Hebrew on Chabad.org.il and translated by COLlive.com. Please consult your local rabbi.
Q: Am I allowed to use refresher spray for my breath on a fast day?
A: During all fasts it is permitted if not doing so causes one discomfort. On Tishah B’Av using a spray is only permitted when in extreme need. On Yom Kippur is it forbidden altogether.
Q: When does my fast begin and end if i take a flight on a fast day?
A: It all depends on the current location of the plane, so the beginning depends on the first place he flies over where its sunrise and where it is sunset for the ending.
Q: Is it permitted to daven barefoot?
A: One should not pray or learn barefoot out of respect, but should at least wear socks or slippers. During Shmona Esrei, shoes are a must. (There are some reservations about this depending on the culture of the country or for health reasons). On Tishah B’Av sandals or other types of slippers are permitted during Shmona Esrei (as leather shoes are forbidden).
Q: Can I visit a cemetery on Tishah B’Av?
A: The custom is not to walk into a cemetery or stand outside its fence on Tishah B’Av – even if it’s the the day of a yahrzeit – out of fear from negative powers, and so is the Chabad custom.
Q: Is chewing tobacco allowed on a fast day?
A: On all fasts, only if it eases one’s pain. On Yom Kippur definitely not and on Tishah B’Av it is only permitted if abstention is a great sorrow.
Q: If a minyan is davening Maariv before sunset on Tishah B’Av day, and I’m still wearing Tefillin from Mincha, can I join them?
A: No, because Maariv is considered for the one praying as the time of the night.
Isn’t tisha b’av supposed to be a day of discomfort? Listerine spray would allow you to sPeak to people…tishab’av is not a day for socializing, it’s a day of mourning! People, follow shulchan aruh without looking for a way out, that will help to hasten the geulah so we won’t have to do this much longer!
Listerine Spray is just that, a spray. You spray it into your mouth and it leaves hardly any residue, it just give you a minty fresh smell! If you don’t use it on Tisha B’iav, I recommend not talking to people 🙂
Don’t they bury shaymis in a cemetary on tisha b’av?
talking of burying of the subject a little does anyone know where rashy hakodosh is buried? we just had his yortzeit 29 of tamuz
how to do it on a fast day
I was the levaya of Michael Levin, originally just outside of Philadelphia, a soldier in the Paratroopers in the IDF in operations in Baalbek, Lebanon was killed in the line of duty.
An American-born Oleh (immigrant) to Israel, who knew from a young age (16) that he wanted to serve in the IDF.
The most moving day of my life!!
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There is a cemetery where a Reb Adam baal shem is burried in England. Many chassidim go specifically to daven there on tisha b,av afternoon.It is supposed to be a segulah of some sort.
I am a Rov, {yorah-yorah, yodin-yodin} but not of a pulpit – if I’m not mistaken, it is brought down in Shulchan Aruch HaRav that on weekdays – one should always rinse the mouth with water before saying brochos in the morning. EXCEPT on fast days – when one is NOT permitted to rinse the mouth. Brushing teeth with or without toothpaste would be forbidden, as it would require rinsing of the mouth – which is forbidden. Listerine (which would be considered a breath-freshener?) would be swallowed {albeit} minimally – should really have a hechsher – a practicing Rov should… Read more »
To #6
So not funny. Get a life and quit making fun of people erev tisha b’av. What’s the matter with you? Because you post in a” joking” manner, it justifies your taunts?! I dont think so.
keep them coming. col educating the commuinity
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who said Listerine spray is kosher at all?
Since 9 didn’t identify himself as a rov, I would ask a rov rather than rely on an anonymous poster.
Why should you rely on my anonymous post? You shouldn’t!
I would seem to be fine.
Make sure the brush is absolutely dry and that it does not have any leftover paste on it
Can we????????
Ya all’ mean to tel’ me we all can chew tabbaca on Tisha B’ov !!!!?? Galll-li!!! Does that mean I can keep me’ slim jim hangen on my rear view mirror? I think for Tisha B’ov there should da be a spittoon in shule for all us Kfar Chabad Aleinu Rednecks You all !!!!!
thanks collive! always there with gr8 stories
My father told me that in Samarkand they would visit kvorim on 9 Av. He said there was a kever that was thought to be that of Daniel haNavi.
Nothing wrong with asking questions. I was thinking the same question (only natural after reading that you can’t go into a cemetary)
BS:D why are you pondering such a question, how gruesome, why not think about who you could put teffilin on.think about life.The Chevra Kedusha will know what to do, it should never happen.
what if someone dies on tisha b’av?
can his levaya be on tisha b’av or do they wait till the next day?
arent you supposed to bury the mes on the same day he dies, in the first minute possible, out of respect?