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==Nail Cutting== | ==Nail Cutting== | ||
#Ashkenazim hold that it’s forbidden to cut one’s nails on Chol HaMoed, while Sephardim hold that | #Ashkenazim hold that it’s forbidden to cut one’s nails normally on Chol HaMoed, while Sephardim hold that it is permissible.<ref>S”A 532:1 holds it’s permissible, while the Rama 532:1 writes that the Ashkenazic minhag is to refrain from [[cutting one's nails]] on Chol HaMoed. Yalkut Yosef 531:10 writes that Sephardim follow S”A. Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 29) writes that the Ashkenazic minhag is like the Rama. See, however, the Aruch HaShulchan 532:2 and Magen Avraham 532:1 who write that in extenuating circumstances, a person who didn't get to cut his nails before Chol HaMoed because he was very busy, may cut his nails on Chol HaMoed. [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?PageIndex=&ClipID=2478 Rabbi Eli Mansour on dailyhalacha.com] also writes that the Sephardic minhag is to permit cutting nails on Chol HaMoed, whereas Ashkenazim refrain.</ref> | ||
#If one cut one's nails on Erev [[Yom Tov]] one may cut them on Chol HaMoed.<ref>Mishna Brurah 532:2 </ref> | #If one cut one's nails on Erev [[Yom Tov]] one may cut them on Chol HaMoed.<ref>Magen Avraham 532:1, Mishna Brurah 532:2 </ref> | ||
#It’s permissible to cut one’s nails with one’s hands or teeth.<ref>Mishna Brurah 532:3 </ref> | #It’s permissible to cut one’s nails with one’s hands or teeth.<ref>Mishna Brurah 532:3 </ref> | ||
#If one usually cuts one’s nails on Erev [[Shabbat]], it’s permissible to cut them on Chol HaMoed Erev [[Shabbat]].<ref>Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 30) | #If one usually cuts one’s nails on Erev [[Shabbat]], it’s permissible to cut them on Chol HaMoed Erev [[Shabbat]].<ref>[https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=1812&pgnum=64 Nachalat Shiva 57], Ba'er Hetiev 532:1, Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 30). However, Shaarei Teshuva 468:1 quotes Shvut Yaakov who disagrees. </ref> | ||
#It’s permissible for a woman to cut her nails before going to the mikveh.<ref>Rama 532:1 </ref> If a man has the custom to go to the mikveh before every Shabbos | #It’s permissible for a woman to cut her nails before going to the mikveh.<ref>Rama 532:1 </ref> If a man has the custom to go to the mikveh before every Shabbos, some poskim permit cutting nails.<ref>Shu”t Nachalat Shivah (Chelek 1, Siman 57). Shevut Yaakov disagrees (Chelek 1, siman 17 cited by Shaarei Teshuva siman 468:1).</ref> | ||
#Whenever it is permissible to cut one’s hair, it is also permissible to cut one’s nails.<ref> | #Whenever it is permissible to cut one’s hair on Chol Hamoed, it is also permissible to cut one’s nails.<ref>Magen Avraham 532:1, Mishna Brurah 532:2, Aruch HaShulchan 532:2 </ref> | ||
#It is permissible to cut one’s nails for medical reasons.<ref>S”A 532:2 </ref> | #It is permissible to cut one’s nails for medical reasons.<ref>S”A 532:2 </ref> | ||
#It is permissible to cut one’s nails if they are making it difficult to put on shoes.<ref>Rav Nissim Karelitz - Chut Hashani Chol HaMoed pg.227. Because he writes that the gezeira against cutting nails was so that one does not plan to cut them after the holiday starts and enter the holiday looking disgusting/unkempt. But in this case the cutting is in order to fix the nails, and one can therefore rely on the opinions that allow cutting nails on Chol HaMoed.</ref> | #It is permissible to cut one’s nails if they are making it difficult to put on shoes.<ref>Rav Nissim Karelitz - Chut Hashani Chol HaMoed pg.227. Because he writes that the gezeira against cutting nails was so that one does not plan to cut them after the holiday starts and enter the holiday looking disgusting/unkempt. But in this case the cutting is in order to fix the nails, and one can therefore rely on the opinions that allow cutting nails on Chol HaMoed.</ref> | ||
