Washing in the nine days
In the Rabbi’s opinion, is it permissible nowadays to wash clothes every nine days?
After all, the main reason for the decree is because it distracts one from the matter of the past. Nowadays, this reason leads to ridicule, and it is very clear that it was the purpose of the decree, like washing, that distracts one from the matter. And even if we say that this is only a reason and that the nullification of the decree does not nullify the regulation, perhaps it can be said that the entire regulation was said about washing in the river as they did in the past, and today they have distorted the word, but it is not the same action.
And even if the Jewish religious authority says that it is forbidden, the prohibition of wearing washed clothes for nine days should be completely permitted, as this makes no sense in our day and age, and only leads to confusion and disrespect.
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It seems that the distraction in question here is not due to the hassle of the task. It seems to me that the intention is that when a person wears clean clothes, it appears as if he is not in mourning. Alternatively, when he does not wear clean clothes, it reminds him more strongly of the mourning. Therefore, in my opinion, the fundamental prohibition is the wearing of washed clothes, and the prohibition of washing is derived from it, and not vice versa.
I assume that undergarments such as socks and the like’ the rabbi permits washing.
So I ask whether a denim shirt is not more similar to socks than to a shirt of the past.
That is, not wearing clean clothes is not only passively, reminding him that he is in mourning. It is actively unpleasant at all. Like socks.
They used to not, but maybe it's just because they don't have a plug.
I didn't understand why a shirt these days is like underwear in the past. The moment something unpleasant happens, then, as you know, people's respect is great.
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