Question:
How should one bring in the fast when Tisha b’av falls out on motsei Shabbos?
Answer:
When Tisha BeAv falls out on Shabbat or Sunday
Prohibitions on Shabbat
If Tisha B’av falls out on Shabbat, it is pushed off until Sunday and everything that would be forbidden on Tisha B’av is permitted on Shabbat. According to Ashkenazim, some hold that relations are forbidden on Shabbat which is Tisha B’av unless it is her tevilah night. On the other hand, according to Sephardim, relations are permitted on Shabbat. The Rama writes in siman 554:19. Mishna Brurah 554:40 writes that one can rely on the achronim who hold it is permitted if it is her tevilah night.
If Tisha B’av falls out on Shabbat and is pushed off to Sunday, one may eat meat or drink wine on Monday day and not Sunday night. According to some poskim, one may even eat meat on Sunday night. Although the Rama writes that one should not eat meat on Sunday night in such a situation, Rabbi Meir Mazuz in the Ish Matzliach footnotes on the Mishna Brurah note 1, writes that some poskim are lenient.
If Tisha B’av falls out on Shabbat and is pushed off to Sunday bathing and haircuts are permitted Sunday night. Some say that one shouldn’t listen to music until the next day. Others hold that music is permitted even at night. The Piskei Teshuvot 558:3 based on Shaar Hatziyun 558:4 writes that it is permitted to listen to music Sunday night after Tisha B’av since Tisha B’av was delayed. He does quotes Rav Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky and Shevet Hakehati 4:153 who were stri
If Tisha B’av falls out on Shabbat some say that one shouldn’t have meals with meals with other friends, while others are lenient if you regularly have such meals. The Mishna Brurah 552:23 writes that the Magen Avraham holds that one shouldn’t have meals with friends on Shabbat when it is Tisha Bav, however, the Bechor Shor argues that if one usually has such meals one shouldn’t desist.
One may, get a haircut or do laundry immediately on Sunday night.
If Tisha BeAv falls out on Shabbat and is pushed off until Sunday, according to Sephardim, a pregnant woman or woman who is nursing may eat on the fast day. Nonetheless, they should not eat for pleasure.
If Tisha Beav falls out on Shabbat and is pushed off to Sunday then there is a dispute among the poskim as to whether or not a boy who becomes Bar Mitzvah on the 10th of Av is required to fast.
Havdala on Motzaei Shabbat
If Tisha BeAv falls out on Shabbat and is pushed off to Sunday, the bracha of Boreh Meorei HaEsh upon a fire is made on Motzei Shabbat before the reading of Eicha (while Boreh Mineh/Isbeh/Atzeh Besamim is omitted ), however, the bracha of Havdalah on a cup of wine is delayed until after Tisha BeAv, Sunday night. An adult who is exempt from fasting should recite Havdalah on Motzei Shabbat before eating. One may fulfill his/her obligation to recite Havdalah even through someone who is permitted to eat on Tisha BeAv.
If one needs to eat on Tisha B’av that falls out on Sunday must recite Havdalah beforehand but they should wait until they need to eat to recite Havdalah and not say it immediately Saturday night unless they need to eat then. It is brought by some big sefardi oskim that even though the Knesset Hagedola says that someone eating on Tisha B’av that falls out on Sunday should recite Havdalah before they eat on Saturday night doesn’t mean that they need to recite Havdalah Saturday night, but rather they should wait until they need to eat and then recite Havdalah. |