Bathing during the Nine Days according to the Mishnah Berurah
Question
According to the Mishnah Berurah, the prohibition during the Nine Days is to bathe one's entire body, but bathing part of one's body is permitted (at least in cold water). What is considered to be an entire body or just part of the body? Is it permissible to bathe one part of the body, dry it with a towel, and then bathe another part? Or is this a matter of a specific time? Or is only bathing the whole body at the same time prohibited, but if one bathes one part after another, is it permissible to bathe the entire body?
Answer
Shalom!
According to the Mishnah Berurah, there is no permission to bathe 'limb by limb'.
Source
Mishnah Berurah, Orach Chayim, 551
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