Responsa for Eruvin 81:4
אמרו לו אם אמרת לצאת ממנה שהרי אכל ושתה כל היום כולו תאמר ליכנס בה כשהוא מעונה שלא אכל ושתה כל היום כולו
when one is in a state of affliction<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., to be fasting all the Sabbath eve until the Sabbath actually commenced.');"><sup>10</sup></span> and between letting it out<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to go out from it'.');"><sup>11</sup></span> when one is in such a state? '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., to begin on the Sabbath the fast that fell on a Sunday. If the latter is permitted, why not also the former?');"><sup>12</sup></span> 'If you allowed a person',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'you said'.');"><sup>13</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.
SOURCES: L. 227, 8, 9; cf. Mord., Moed katan, 891.
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