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(Created page with "The rabbis forbade shaving on Chol Hamoed so that a people make sure to shave before Chol Hamoed.<ref>Moed Katan 13b</ref> It is a mitzvah to shave in preparation on Yom Tov but as is often the case people get busy and procrastinate. If it were permissible to shave on Chol Hamoed people might delay and not shave before Yom Tov and wait for Chol Hamoed. Since it is a mitzvah to shave in preparation on Yom Tov in order to ensure that people do this, the rabbis forbade doin...") |
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=== Is Shaving Armpit Hair or Other Hair like a Beard? === | === Is Shaving Armpit Hair or Other Hair like a Beard? === | ||
Kaf Hachaim<ref>531:4 quoting Pitchei Olam based on Tosfot (Moed Katan 14a s.v. umenudeh)</ref> writes that it is forbidden to cut any hair on one's body on Chol Hamoed. However, Chiko Mamtakim<ref>cited by Tiferet 531:4</ref> argues that cutting other hair on one's body is permitted for any reason. | Kaf Hachaim<ref>531:4 quoting Pitchei Olam based on Tosfot (Moed Katan 14a s.v. umenudeh)</ref> writes that it is forbidden to cut any hair on one's body on Chol Hamoed. However, Chiko Mamtakim<ref>cited by Tiferet 531:4</ref> argues that cutting other hair on one's body is permitted for any reason. | ||
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