Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Eruvin 81:11

מאי לאו אכולהו לא אחנוכה ופורים

stated: 'I am one of the descendants of Seneab of the tribe of Benjamin. Once it happened that the Ninth of Ab fell on a Sabbath and we postponed it to the following Sunday<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to after the Sabbath'.');"><sup>30</sup></span> when we fasted but did not complete the fast because that day was our festival.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ta'an. 12a. The tenth of Ab was allotted to them as the day on which they were entitled to bring the offering of wood for the Temple altar. The families that were entitled to such a privilege kept the respective days allotted to them as a family festival. (V. Rashi a.l. and cf. Ta'an. 26a, 28a) .');"><sup>31</sup></span> The reason [then<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why they did not complete the postponed fast.');"><sup>32</sup></span>

Teshuvot Maharam

A. A baal-berith (the person who holds the child during circumcision) is permitted to change his clothes and to bathe on the day the child is circumcised, even if such day be within his "period of mourning" (thirty days). The prohibition against changing one's clothes and bathing within the "period of-mourning" is based on custom and does not apply to persons performing a Mitzvah (religious duty). Within the thirty days of mourning, however, a person is not permitted to take part in a religious banquet, though one is permitted to return a visit to a secular feast. Therefore, the baal-berith is not permitted to take part in the banquet following circumcision.
SOURCES: L. 227, 8, 9; cf. Mord., Moed katan, 891.
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