What does triweekly mean? Triweekly is commonly used to mean one of two things: once every three weeks or three times per week. The term triweekly meeting might mean that it happens three times a week or every three weeks—both senses of the word are commonly used.
OET Writing: What is the Difference Between 'Three Weeks' And 'Three-Week'?
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| Three weeks | Three-week |
| Three years | Three-year |
| Three nights | Three-night |
During the entire Three Weeks, Ashkenazi Jews refrain from making weddings, playing or listening to music, and shaving or taking haircuts.
Rav Schachter, shlitâ€a paskened that when Tisha B'Av is postponed, playing or listening to music is permitted immediately after the fast ends.
When it comes to eating and drinking during the Nine Days, meat (including poultry) and wine are prohibited except on Shabbat. Meat and wine are associated both with joy. Even though havdala is officially after Shabbat, one is permitted to drink wine.
Although bathing is noticeably absent from the Gemara's restrictions of the Nine Days, all the same, this opinion of the Ravyah is codified as halacha by the Tur, Shulchan Aruch, and Rema (Orach Chaim 551, 16).
During the week in which the Ninth of Av occurs it is forbidden to cut hair, and to wash clothes. So, too, many early halachic authorities describe customs of mourning that gradually increase in intensity in the days and weeks leading up to Tish'a Be-Av.
During The Nine Days, one must be even more vigilant to avoid situations of danger. Although air travel is actually one of the safest modes of travel, since we recite Birkas Ha'Gomel when traveling by plane, it is considered a danger from a halachic point of view. It should therefore be avoided.
Sefardim are forbidden from doing laundry only during “Shavua She'chal Bo†(the week in which Tisha B'Av falls out). However, the custom of Ashkenazim is to refrain from doing laundry beginning Rosh Chodesh Av (the entire nine days).
The Shabbat meal should be an oneg (delightful). One should eat what he enjoys. If he enjoys milchigs (dairy) and does not enjoy meat, then he may eat milchigs. But as much as possible, one should try to keep the meal the same by serving the traditional foods.
Shabbat Chazon ("Sabbath [of] vision" שבת חזון, also Shabbat Hazon) is named for the "Vision of Isaiah over Judah and Jerusalem" (Book of Isaiah 1:1-27) that is read as the Haftarah on this Shabbat at the end of the three weeks between dire straits, which precede the mournful fast of Tisha B'Av.
