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”




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