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==Taking a haircut== | ==Taking a haircut== | ||
# It’s a mitzvah to take a haircut on Erev [[Yom Tov]]. <ref>S”A 531:1 </ref> | # It’s a mitzvah to take a haircut on Erev [[Yom Tov]]. <ref>S”A 531:1 </ref> | ||
# It’s forbidden to take a haircut on Chol HaMoed | # It’s forbidden to take a haircut on Chol HaMoed. The rabbis prohibited this so that people wouldn prepare properly before the holiday. <ref>S”A 531:2 </ref> | ||
# It’s forbidden to take a haircut even if one took one before the holiday. <ref> S”A 531:2 </ref> | # It’s forbidden to take a haircut even if one took one before the holiday. <ref> S”A 531:2 </ref> | ||
# This prohibition applies both to men and women <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 26) </ref> but not to children below the age of Bar or Bat Mitzvah if it is causing them discomfort. <ref>Mishna Brurah 531:16 </ref> | # This prohibition applies both to men and women <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 26) </ref> but not to children below the age of Bar or Bat Mitzvah if it is causing them discomfort. <ref>Mishna Brurah 531:16 </ref> | ||
