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==Nail cutting== | ==Nail cutting== | ||
# Ashkenazim hold that it’s forbidden to cut one’s nails on Chol | # Ashkenazim hold that it’s forbidden to cut one’s nails on Chol HaMoed, while Sephardim hold that it’s permissible. <Ref> S”A 532:1 holds it’s permissible, while Rama 532:1 writes that the minhag is to be strict on this issue. Yalkut Yosef (Kitzur S”A 531-2:10) writes that Sephardim follow S”A, and Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 29) writes that the Ashkenazic minhag is like the Rama. </ref> | ||
# If one cut one's nails on Erev Yom Tov one may cut them on Chol HaMoed. <ref>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) quoting Bear Hetiev 532:1 </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) quoting Bear Hetiev 532:1 </ref> | ||
# It’s permissible for a woman to cut her nails before going to the mikveh. <Ref>Rama 532:1 </ref> | # It’s permissible for a woman to cut her nails before going to the mikveh. <Ref>Rama 532:1 </ref> | ||
==Laundering clothing== | ==Laundering clothing== | ||
# It’s forbidden to launder clothing, towels, linens, or tablecloths on Chol HaMoed as the rabbis prohibited this so that people wouldn’t prepare properly before the holiday. <ref>S”A 534:1, Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 34) </ref> | # It’s forbidden to launder clothing, towels, linens, or tablecloths on Chol HaMoed as the rabbis prohibited this so that people wouldn’t prepare properly before the holiday. <ref>S”A 534:1, Hilchot Chol HaMoed Zichron Shlomo (pg 34) </ref> | ||
