Q&A: Ironing During the Nine Days
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Ironing During the Nine Days
Question
Hello, is it permitted to iron during the Nine Days? And if not, why is it forbidden? Nowadays it’s not really considered a joy or anything special anymore, right?
Answer
Laundry also is not something special. Laundry and ironing are actions whose purpose is to make clothes nicer and more presentable, and perhaps that is the reason they prohibited them during the Nine Days. Simply speaking, it does not seem to me that there is room to permit it.