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I. Washing hot or cold

Rav Hisda

[A] Mourning fasts, prohibited to wash hot or cold

[B] No pleasure fasts, prohibited to wash in hot, cold ok

Proof for [B] from bathhouses

Proof for [A] from Mikveh

Challenge to [A] from washing limbs

Challenge to [A] from loss of 2 sons

Rava 1 – mourner may wash in cold

Challenge from mourning maiden

Proof from loss of 2 sons

Rava 2 – mourner may not wash even in cold

Proof from mourning maiden

II. Individual does not say another Beracha for Anenu

Challenge from “no difference”

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