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Ironing during the Nine Days

Question

Is it permissible to iron clothes during the Nine Days if there is nothing else to wear, but one can manage with difficulty?

Answer

It is forbidden to iron, but if the clothes are very wrinkled, light ironing is allowed so that they are not very wrinkled.
Answered 3 July 2022 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Rabbi Israel Cohen
Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

Orach Chaim, Siman 551

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