Taanit 13 - Hot and Cold
Rabbi Richard Hidary
I. Washing hot or cold Rav Hisda [A] Mourning fasts, prohibited to wash hot or cold [B] No pleasure fasts, prohibited to wash in hot, cold ok Proof for [B] from bathhouses Proof for [A] from Mikveh Challenge to [A] from washing limbs Challenge to [A] from loss of 2 sons Rava 1 – mourner may wash in cold Challenge from mourning maiden Proof from loss of 2 sons Rava 2 – mourner may not wash even in cold Proof from mourning maiden II. Individual does not say another Beracha for Anenu Challenge from “no difference” Sponsored by Seth and Jennifer Haberman in Memory of Simon Haberman A”H