3,231
edits
Chol HaMoed: Difference between revisions
From Halachipedia
→Taking a haircut
| Line 132: | Line 132: | ||
==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. The rabbis prohibited this so that people | # It’s forbidden to take a haircut on Chol HaMoed. The rabbis prohibited this so that people would 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> | ||
# 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> | ||
# Chazal did not make an exception for someone who was sick and was unable to cut one’s hair before the holiday and forbid him as well. <Ref>S”A 531:3 </ref> | # Chazal did not make an exception for someone who was sick and was unable to cut one’s hair before the holiday and forbid him as well. <Ref>S”A 531:3 </ref> | ||
| Line 141: | Line 140: | ||
===Shaving on Chol HaMoed=== | ===Shaving on Chol HaMoed=== | ||
# In general, it's forbidden to shave on Chol HaMoed unless this jeopardizes one’s job. <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 26) </ref> | # In general, it's forbidden to shave on Chol HaMoed unless this jeopardizes one’s job. <Ref> Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 26) </ref> | ||
# Many Ashkenazic authorities permit [[shaving]] on Chol HaMoed for someone who shaves regularly, at least once every three days, on condition that (1) he shaved on Erev Yom | # Many Ashkenazic authorities permit [[shaving]] on Chol HaMoed for someone who shaves regularly, at least once every three days, on condition that (1) he shaved on Erev Yom Tov and (2) there's a great need or is pained by not [[shaving]]. Also, one who relies on this only to look presentable doesn't have to be protested. <ref> | ||
* Nodeh BeYehuda 1:13 writes that one may rely on the opinion of Rabbenu Tam who holds that one who shaved on Erev Chag may shave during Chol HaMoed on condition that the one cutting the hair is a poor person who doesn’t have what to eat. When asked why he printed such a novel idea, in Nodeh BeYehuda 2:99-101 he explains that if he didn’t print it, people would go to non-Jewish barbers who use razors and he had another secret reason. The Chatom Sofer 154 writes that the Nodeh BeYehuda’s hidden reason was that there were some who shaved daily with a razor and by allowing them to shave on Chol HaMoed he would save them from a Biblical prohibition of [[shaving]] with a razor as long as their hair stayed below some minimal level. In conclusion, the Chatom Sofer disagreed with the Nodeh BeYehuda’s leniency. | * Nodeh BeYehuda 1:13 writes that one may rely on the opinion of Rabbenu Tam who holds that one who shaved on Erev Chag may shave during Chol HaMoed on condition that the one cutting the hair is a poor person who doesn’t have what to eat. When asked why he printed such a novel idea, in Nodeh BeYehuda 2:99-101 he explains that if he didn’t print it, people would go to non-Jewish barbers who use razors and he had another secret reason. The Chatom Sofer 154 writes that the Nodeh BeYehuda’s hidden reason was that there were some who shaved daily with a razor and by allowing them to shave on Chol HaMoed he would save them from a Biblical prohibition of [[shaving]] with a razor as long as their hair stayed below some minimal level. In conclusion, the Chatom Sofer disagreed with the Nodeh BeYehuda’s leniency. | ||
* Based on the opinion of Rabbenu Tam, Sh”t Igrot Moshe 163 rules leniently for someone who shaved on Erev [[Yom Tov]] and regularly shaves at least once in every 3 days, and he’s pained by not [[shaving]] or has a great need to shave. His logic is that even the Tur who disagreed with the Rabbenu Tam would agree nowadays, since many people shave regularly and it is well known that one who shaved on Erev [[Yom Tov]] will still have to shave on Chol HaMoed. This addresses the Tur's first question on Rabbenu Tam, however, with regards to his second claim, Rav Moshe offers several potential answers. [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/764803/Rabbi_Shmuel_Marcus/Shaving_on_Chol_Hamoed Rabbi Shmuel Marcus] explains this [[teshuva]] of Rav Moshe.</ref> Some authorities are even more lenient and say that if one shaves daily and shaved on Erev [[Yom Tov]] one should shave on Chol HaMoed. <ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/733780/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Hilchos_Chol_Hamoed Rav Schachter] (min 50-53) quotes Rav Soloveitchik who said that anyone who had permit to shave should shave in order to look presentable for the holiday. This is also recorded in Nefesh HaRav (p. 189) and "Halakhic Positions of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik" pg. 25</ref> However, Sephardim do not accept this leniency. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Yom Tov]] pg 190), [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?PageIndex=&ClipID=2478 Rabbi Eli Mansour] on dailyhalacha.com</ref> | * Based on the opinion of Rabbenu Tam, Sh”t Igrot Moshe 163 rules leniently for someone who shaved on Erev [[Yom Tov]] and regularly shaves at least once in every 3 days, and he’s pained by not [[shaving]] or has a great need to shave. His logic is that even the Tur who disagreed with the Rabbenu Tam would agree nowadays, since many people shave regularly and it is well known that one who shaved on Erev [[Yom Tov]] will still have to shave on Chol HaMoed. This addresses the Tur's first question on Rabbenu Tam, however, with regards to his second claim, Rav Moshe offers several potential answers. [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/764803/Rabbi_Shmuel_Marcus/Shaving_on_Chol_Hamoed Rabbi Shmuel Marcus] explains this [[teshuva]] of Rav Moshe.</ref> Some authorities are even more lenient and say that if one shaves daily and shaved on Erev [[Yom Tov]] one should shave on Chol HaMoed. <ref>[http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/733780/Rabbi_Hershel_Schachter/Hilchos_Chol_Hamoed Rav Schachter] (min 50-53) quotes Rav Soloveitchik who said that anyone who had permit to shave should shave in order to look presentable for the holiday. This is also recorded in Nefesh HaRav (p. 189) and "Halakhic Positions of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik" pg. 25</ref> However, Sephardim do not accept this leniency. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah ([[Yom Tov]] pg 190), [http://www.dailyhalacha.com/Display.asp?PageIndex=&ClipID=2478 Rabbi Eli Mansour] on dailyhalacha.com</ref> | ||
