Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Eruvin 81:2

תניא אמר רבי יהודה פעם אחת היינו יושבין לפני ר"ע ותשעה באב שחל להיות בע"ש היה והביאו לו ביצה מגולגלת וגמעה בלא מלח ולא שהיה תאב לה אלא להראות לתלמידים הלכה

R'Judah stated: We were once sitting in the presence of R'Akiba, and the day was a Ninth of Ab that occurred on a Sabbath eve, when a lightly roasted egg was brought to him and he sipped it without any salt. And [this he did] not because he had any appetite for it but in order to show the students what the halachah was.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That a fast on the Sabbath eve must be broken before the Sabbath begins.');"><sup>4</sup></span> R'Jose, however, ruled: The fast must be fully concluded.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. previous note and supra p. 281, n. 10.');"><sup>5</sup></span> 'Do you not agree with the', said R'Jose to them, 'that when the Ninth of Ab falls on a Sunday one must break off<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His meal on the eve of the Fast.');"><sup>6</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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