Is it permitted to fly during the Three Weeks?
Is it permitted to fly during the Three Weeks?
Question
Hello, Rabbi,
I am planning to fly on the ninth of Av, if Hashem helps, is there a halachic issue?
Thank you very much
Answer
Greetings,
As a matter of strict halacha, it is permitted to fly during the Three Weeks; however, if possible, one should refrain if it is not a matter of great need or a mitzvah matter, such as making aliyah to the Land of Israel.
Sources: See the book Emet le-Yaakov on Shulchan Aruch (Siman 551, note 515) in the name of HaRav Y. Kamenetsky zt"l, and in the book Hilchot Shlomo, Part 1 (Chapter 23, note 16), and Al HaMoadim (Nisan-Av, Chapter 14, section 24) in the name of HaRav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt"l, and in the book Ashrei Haish, Part 3 (Chapter 69, section 3) in the name of HaRav Y. S. Elyashiv zt"l, and in Kovetz MiBeit Levi (5759, page 10, note 12) in the name of HaRav Shmuel Wosner zt"l, and in the responsa Vederashta VeChakarta, Part 5 (Orach Chaim, Siman 90).
With blessings,
Hillel Meirs
