Question I am the director of a summer camp for yeshuiva bachurim . We ordered caps for the boys to protect them from the sun when they are involved in outdoor sports, but their delivery got delayed and they are only arriving on the 2nd of Av. Can we give these new caps to the boys to wear during the nine days or is this a problem of wearing a new garment? Rav Auerbach It is prohibited to wear a new garment during the Nine Days (see Shulchan Aruch 551,6). If it is a new garm
