Q. Dear Rabbi: Is it permitted to wash the dishes drying towels during the 9 Days as they become dirty?

A. Nitei Gavriel (35: 20) permits. However, our Rabbis opined that it may be unnecessary since you may just the dishes to dry by themselves in need. If that is not an option, Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit”a opinion is that since they are used to dry cleaned dishes, usually do not become dirty enough that they require washing during this special time.

If that is still not an alternative, one may use a roll of paper towels.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a