Washing Clothes in the Seven Days of Mourning for the Holiday
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Question
If someone's brother passed away on Yom Kippur, is it permitted to wash clothes for the holiday during the seven days of mourning?
Answer
A mourner is prohibited from washing clothes, even for wearing after the seven days (for Ashkenazim through another person), and even through others, as it is considered the mourner's work, which others are forbidden to do. However, for the needs of the holiday: those who follow the opinion of the Shulchan Aruch are permitted to wash from the morning of the eve of the holiday, and it is good to wait until midday. Those who follow the opinion of the Rema should not wash until after the Mincha prayer, close to nightfall on the eve of the holiday. (Even today, it is possible to do washing on a quick cycle)
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