The Halachot and History of the Three Weeks 
Chapter 29: Anointing
1. It is prohibited to anoint oneself for pleasure. Included is applying lotions, creams, perfume, ointment etc.
2. Unscented deodorant is permitted.
3. Anointing for medical reasons is permitted.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Foreword
- Chapter 2: Rabbi’s Message
- Chapter 3: Introduction
- Chapter 4: Laws of the Seventeenth of Tammuz
- Chapter 5: Laws of the Aneinu Prayer
- Chapter 6: Laws for reading of the Torah
- Chapter 7: Individuals who are absolved from fasting
- Chapter 8: The Period between the Seventeenth of Tammuz and the Ninth of Av
- Chapter 9: Laws of Mourning for the three weeks
- Chapter 10: General Laws of the Three Weeks
- Chapter 11: The Laws of the Nine Days
- Chapter 12: Simhah-related Prohibitions
- Chapter 13: Postponing Lawsuits
- Chapter 14: Construction, Painting, and Decorating
- Chapter 15: Sewing and Mending Clothes
- Chapter 16: Eating Meat and Drinking Wine
- Chapter 17: Laws Regarding the Week of Tishah B’Av
- Chapter 18: Prohibition of Cleaning and Laundering Clothing
- Chapter 19: Prohibition of Bathing and Swimming
- Chapter 20: Prohibitions of Haircutting and Shaving
- Chapter 21: Laws of Erev Tishah B’Av (after midday)
- Chapter 22: Halachot of the Seudah Hamafseket
- Chapter 23: Important Criteria of Seudah Hamafseket
- Chapter 24: Introduction — What Happened on Tishah B’Av?
- Chapter 25: Prohibitions of Tishah B’Av
- Chapter 26: Laws of Tishah B’Av
- Chapter 27: people Who Are Absolved From Fasting
- Chapter 28: Washing and Bathing
- Chapter 29: Anointing
- Chapter 30: Wearing Shoes
- Chapter 31: Learning Torah
- Chapter 32: Cohabitation
- Chapter 33: Greeting Others
- Chapter 34: Work or Business
- Chapter 35: Sitting on a Chair
- Chapter 36: Pleasurable Activities
- Chapter 37: Tishah B’Av Evening
- Chapter 38: Tishah B’Av Morning
- Chapter 39: Tishah B’Av Afternoon
- Chapter 40: The Night After the Fast
- Chapter 41: The Tenth of Av
- Chapter 42: When Tishah B’Av Falls on Sunday
- Chapter 43: The Beginning of the Exile
- Chapter 44: The Temple is Destroyed
- Chapter 45: Hashem and the Avot Weep
- Chapter 46: Roman Dominion over Judea Begins (3700-3826/ 61 B.C.E. – 66 CE)
- Chapter 47: Jerusalem Besieged
- Chapter 48: Starvation in Jerusalem (3829 / 69 CE)
- Chapter 49: Battling for Jerusalem (3830 / 70 CE)
- Chapter 50: Destruction of the Temple (3830/ 70 CE)
- Chapter 51: Fall of Beitar (3883-3893 / 123 CE - 133 CE)
