Motzei Shabbos
11. Shabbos clothes. In places where Maariv is right at tzeis, one should take his shoes off after Barchu, making sure not to touch them (תקנ''ג סק''ו) [he should take his Tishah B’Av shoes to shul before Shabbos]. In these places, one ends up remaining in his Shabbos clothes for Eichah and Kinos.
12. Weekday clothes. In many places, Maariv is delayed to give people time to take off their shoes and change their clothes at home before coming back to shul. In these places, one must also take off his Shabbos clothes and put on weekday clothes. The weekday clothes must have been worn before Shabbos; they may not be freshly laundered.
Havdalah on Motzei Shabbos Chazon
13. Havdalah is not made with wine on this motzei Shabbos since the wine may not be drunk due to the fast. It also cannot be given to a child to drink since that child may make the mistake of drinking it even after he becomes a bar mitzvah (מג"א סי' תקנ"ו, מ"ב סי' תקנ"ט סק"ל ). Instead, Havdalah is made after the fast. Atah Chonantanu is still said in Shmoneh Esrei.
14. Borei Me’orei Ha’eish. However, one must make Borei Me’orei Ha’eish on a candle. The minhag is to make the brachah on a candle in shul between Maariv and Eichah (שו"ע תקנ"ו ובמ"ב שם ).
15. Some people make the brachah on a candle in their house, either before coming to shul or after Kinos, to be motzi the women of the home, thereby avoiding the questions involved in them making the brachah (הגרשז"א, שש"כ פס"ב הע' צח ). When making the brachah at home after shul, one must have in mind not to be yotzei with the brachah in shul since he should not say the brachah for women only.
16. No brachah is made on besamim, neither on motzei Shabbos nor after the fast (שו"ע תקנ"ו ).
17. Not fasting. Someone who is not even fasting at night, e.g., he is ill, etc., must make Havdalah at night. He should not start with the pesukim of “הנה קל ”; he should just say the brachah on the wine, the candle, and Hamavdil. If he uses grape juice, a child should drink it. If there is no child available, he should drink no more than a revi'is.
18. Women. A man who is fasting may make Havdalah with a cup of wine to be motzi his wife who is not fasting. When doing so, he is also yotzei and does not need to make Havdalah after the fast. Either his wife or a child should drink the wine (שו"ת מגדנות אליהו ח"ד סי' נד ).
19. If she does not want to drink from the Havdalah cup and there is no child around, or if her husband is in shul and cannot make Havdalah for her, she may rely on the poskim who hold that Havdalah was not enacted for this motzei Shabbos. She should just say “ברוך המבדיל וכו',” eat, and listen to her husband’s Havdalah after the fast (שו"ת קנין תורה ח"ה סי' נ"א, שו"ת שרגא המאיר ח"א סי' נ"ט ).
Washing Dishes
20. Due to the issur to do melachah on Tishah B’Av, one should not wash the Shabbos dishes on motzei Shabbos. For the same reason, one should not wash them the following morning. One may be meikel after chatzos in accordance with the halachah regarding melachah after chatzos (שו"ת שמלת בנימין סי' ב', אורחות חיים סקכ"ג ).
21. One may have a non-Jew wash the dishes on motzei Shabbos. One may also turn on the dishwasher if the dishes were placed inside earlier since turning it on takes no time.
