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Is it Permissible to Wish Mazal Tov on Tisha B'Av?
Question
Is it permissible to wish mazal tov to someone who has given birth to a sister or to someone celebrating a birthday on Tisha B'Av? Thank you!
Answer
It is permissible to wish mazal tov on Tisha B'Av.
Sources: Chazon Ovadiah, Four Fasts (page 333, d"h to say), and so wrote in responsa Lehoro't Na'eh, Part 2 (section 32) and in responsa Az Nidberu, Part 13 (end of section 6). It is also mentioned in the book Hilchot Shlomo on the Festivals (Nisan-Av chapter 15, note 30) that this is how Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, zt"l, would wish mazal tov on Tisha B'Av to those with simcha.
Best regards,
Hillel Meirs
