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Success10  




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Aug 06 2024, 3:58 pm
I have heard of this. We don't do a thorough floor wash during the 9 days.
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care4u




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Aug 06 2024, 4:01 pm
Either way it's a minhqg and not halacha straight out...so it's not going to help to ask someone here.
Ask your dh or lor.

Counters staying dirty FYI, sounds extremely unsanitary and dangerous if you put food on it.
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  Ema of 5




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 07 2024, 5:47 am
care4u wrote:
Either way it's a minhqg and not halacha straight out...so it's not going to help to ask someone here.
Ask your dh or lor.

Counters staying dirty FYI, sounds extremely unsanitary and dangerous if you put food on it.

My son made a siyum last night, and I see this morning that some of the fat from the meat is on the counter. Sorry, but I’m not leaving that there for a week.
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LovesHashem




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 07 2024, 5:59 am
Success10 wrote:
I have heard of this. We don't do a thorough floor wash during the 9 days.


Doesn't that just mean stains and stuff are stuck for longer and after the nine days it's a huge pain and hard to clean?
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  Success10




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 07 2024, 6:01 am
LovesHashem wrote:
Doesn't that just mean stains and stuff are stuck for longer and after the nine days it's a huge pain and hard to clean?


I did not grow up with this, I only learned about it recently. I believe I heard you can spot clean. Ask your rav.
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MySpace




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 07 2024, 6:07 am
I heard that this is 'Minhag yerushalayim'
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Elfrida




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 07 2024, 8:13 am
If I'm spending Tisha b'Av sitting on the floor, then I'm cleaning that floor beforehand.

There is a minhag of washing the floor on the afternoon of Tisha b'Av, in preparation for Mashiach.
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balance




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 07 2024, 8:21 am
It's originally a Yerushalmi minhag due to being in the actual city of the churban. Whichever way, afaik it only applies to floors and countertops are fine to clean however you wish.
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Brit in Israel




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Aug 07 2024, 9:26 am
I have to mop my floor daily. It's absolutely gross otherwise. (Definitely worse coz I have a playgroup)
I mopped it this morning coz I had a migraine last night and I will be washing it tonight too.
Any Rav who will walk in my house right now will say it's absolutely allowed LOL

Pro tip for anyone redecorating their home. STAY AWAY FROM BLACK TILES. IT LOOKS NICE FROM AFAR BUT NOT AS SOON AS YOU WALK IN.
my landlord really regretted this choice and now I'm suffering from it.
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