*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Buy in Paperback or Kindle
Buy on Apple Books
Purchase on our website
WhatsApp
Telegram
Facebook
Twitter
Email
May one buy clothing if they are on sale and will not be available for the same price after Tisha B’av?[1]
If there is a sale on clothing during the three weeks, and the sale will not be available after Tisha B’av, it is permitted to buy the clothing even during the nine days. [However, one should not wear the clothing.] Some Poskim[2], however, limit this allowance to buy clothing to a case that the sale will save one a large sum of money, and such prices are not commonly found. Other Poskim[3] rule that ideally there is no room to be lenient in this matter, and one should especially be stringent in the week of Tisha b’Av, or if one does not really need the clothing and simply wants to buy because of the sale.
______________________________________________
[1] See Kinyan Torah 1:109 as this is considered a “Davar Haaveid”; Vayeishev Moshe 1:15; Piskeiy Teshuvos 551:30; See M”B 551:11 in name of P”M 551 A”A 2
[2] Kinyan Torah 1:109; Vayeishev Moshe 1:15
[3] Michzeh Eliyahu 2:25