א אֵין מְכַבְּסִין בַּמּוֹעֵד. וְאֵלּוּ שֶׁמְּכַבְּסִין; הַבָּא מִמְּדִינַת הַיָּם, וְהַיּוֹצֵא מִבֵּית הַשִּׁבְיָה וּמִבֵּית הָאֲסוּרִין, וּמְנֻדֶּה שֶׁהִתִּירוּ לוֹ חֲכָמִים בָּרֶגֶל, וּמִי שֶׁנָּדַר שֶׁלֹּא לְכַבֵּס וְנִשְׁאַל בָּרֶגֶל וְהִתִּירוּ לוֹ, וּמִטְפְּחוֹת הַיָּדַיִם, וּמִטְפְּחוֹת הַסְפָרִים, וּמִטְפְּחוֹת הַסַפָּג, וּבִגְדֵי קְטַנִּים, וּבַעֲלַת הַכֶּתֶם שֶׁנִּמְצָא בַּמּוֹעֵד, וּמִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא חָלוּק אֶחָד; וְכֻלָּם מְכַבְּסִין כְּדַרְכָּן, אֲפִלּוּ בְּנֶתֶר וְאֹהֶל (פֵּרוּשׁ מִינֵי בֹּרִית), וּבְפַרְהֶסְיָא, עַל גַּבֵּי הַנָּהָר. הַגָּה: מִיהוּ לֹא יְכַבְּסוּ רַק הַצָּרִיךְ לָהֶן, דְּהַיְנוּ חָלוּק אֶחָד (מָרְדְּכַי וְהַגָּהוֹת אֲשֵׁרִ"י פ' אֵלּוּ מְגַלְּחִין); מִיהוּ בִּגְדֵי הַקְּטַנִּים בְּיוֹתֵר, דְּהַיְנוּ אוֹתָן שֶׁמְּלַפְּפִים בָּהֶם וּמַשְׁתִּינִים וּמוֹצִיאִין רְעִי בָּהֶם, מֻתָּר לְכַבֵּס ד' וְה' בְּפַעַם א', כִּי צָרִיךְ לְהַרְבֵּה מֵהֶם כָּל רֶגַע, וְהָא דְּמֻתָּר לְכַבֵּס בְּפַרְהֶסְיָא הַיְנוּ דַּוְקָא כְּשֶׁרוֹחֵץ עַל גַּב הַנָּהָר, מִשּׁוּם דְּמִתְכַּבֵּס יוֹתֵר יָפֶה עַל גַּב הַנָּהָר; אֲבָל אִם אֵינוֹ כּוֹבֵס עַל גַּבֵּי נָהָר, לֹא יְכַבֵּס רַק בְּצִנְעָה וְלֹא בְּפַרְהֶסְיָא, כֵּן נ"ל.
1 The Laws of Laundry on Chol Hamoed, 3 Seifim: We do not do laundry on hol hamoed. The following may do laundry: someone who came from abroad, someone who left captivity or jail, one who was [formally] banned [by the community] and allowed [back into the community] by the elders during the holiday, one who swore not to do laundry and asked for the nullification of his vow during the holiday and received allowance. [We may also launder] hand rags, haircut rags, towels, and children's clothes. [The following may also launder:] a woman who found a stain [of menstruation] during the holiday and someone who only has one outfit. All of these can launder normally, even using carbonates or ahal (meaning types of soap) or in public at the river. Rema: However, they should only launder clothes that they need - one outfit (Mordechai and Hagahot Ashri chapter "Elu Megalchin"). However, infant's clothing, meaning those that we wrap them in in which they urinate and defecate, can be washed four or five at once, because many are needed at any given moment. Where it says above that it is permitted to launder in public, this is restricted to when one launders by the river because laundry is better by the river. However, when one does not launder by the river, he should launder in private and not in public. This seems right to me.