| Day: Sunday
Date: August 3, 2014
Parshat: Va'ethanan
Yalkut Yosef: 551
Some people do not bathe starting from Rosh Hodesh Av and others refrain only during the week of Tisha Be'av. The Sephardic custom is to only refrain from bathing during the week of Tisha Be'av. The accepted custom for Sephardim is to refrain from bathing only in hot water. Cold water however is permissible. Ashkenazim however refrain from bathing in cold water as well unless absolutely necessary. Chasidim or others who immerse in a mikva daily may do so in a cold mikva during the shavua shechal bo. If there is no cold mikva, they may use a hot one.
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