- Q. How long do I have to wear my freshly laundered clothes before the 9 days? Can I just leave them unfolded on the bed instead?
A. Poskim write that one hour is enough. Some maintain that one may wear a few pieces at the same time. Others are of the opinion that a few hours are necessary (Piskei Teshuvos 551: 17).
Others permit if they are placed on the ground for a similar period of time. (ibid.) Nitei Gavriel (1: 34: 10) adds that there should be some recognition on the clothing that it is not a newly fresh washed item.
Kovetz Halohos (11: 29) maintains that the clothing should be placed on the floor that has not been recently cleaned, so it would loose its status of being really clean. (see note 30 there).
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a.
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