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#Rav Chaim Jachter confirms that the advertised claim that the foil is sharp enough to cut is unsubstantiated and rules leniently.<Ref>[https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/clarifying-peiot-and-electric-shaves-part-4-by-rabbi-chaim-jachter-and-binyamin-jachter-17?rq=electric%20shaver Rabbi Jachter (Shavers part 4)</ref> | #Rav Chaim Jachter confirms that the advertised claim that the foil is sharp enough to cut is unsubstantiated and rules leniently.<Ref>[https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/clarifying-peiot-and-electric-shaves-part-4-by-rabbi-chaim-jachter-and-binyamin-jachter-17?rq=electric%20shaver Rabbi Jachter (Shavers part 4)</ref> | ||
====Lift and Cut==== | ====Lift and Cut==== | ||
#Rav Yisrael Belsky<ref>[https://outorah.org/p/63112/ OU Halacha Yomi] citing Shulchan Halevi p. 128</ref> and | #Rav Yisrael Belsky<ref>[https://outorah.org/p/63112/ OU Halacha Yomi] citing Shulchan Halevi p. 128</ref> and Rav Dovid Feinstein<ref>[https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/759150/rabbi-baruch-simon/the-laws-of-peyos-and-beards/ Rav Baruch Simon (Peyos min 17-18)]</ref> forbade using lift and cut shavers since according to the companies the shaver uses a double blade. They claim that the first blade catches the hair and pulls it into the shaver and the second blade then cuts the hair without the use of the screen in a razor-like manner. Removing the hair-catching spring blade eliminates this concern.<ref>[https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/clarifying-peiot-and-electric-shaves-part-4-by-rabbi-chaim-jachter-and-binyamin-jachter-17?rq=electric%20shaver Rabbi Jachter (Shavers part 4)</ref> | ||
#Rav Rozen dismissed this concern since in reality the shaver blade only cuts in combination with the screen. Rav Mordechai Willig, Rav Hershel Schachter, Rav Shimon Schwab,<ref>Haircutting Handbook p. 50 quotes Rav Doniel Schwab quoting his grandfather, Rav Shimon Schwab</ref> and Rav Moshe Heinemann agree with this position that lift and cut shavers are no different than conventional shavers.<ref>[https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/clarifying-peiot-and-electric-shaves-part-4-by-rabbi-chaim-jachter-and-binyamin-jachter-17?rq=electric%20shaver Rabbi Jachter (Shavers part 4)</ref> | #Rav Rozen dismissed this concern since in reality the shaver blade only cuts in combination with the screen. Rav Mordechai Willig, Rav Hershel Schachter, Rav Shimon Schwab,<ref>Haircutting Handbook p. 50 quotes Rav Doniel Schwab quoting his grandfather, Rav Shimon Schwab</ref> and Rav Moshe Heinemann agree with this position that lift and cut shavers are no different than conventional shavers.<ref>[https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/clarifying-peiot-and-electric-shaves-part-4-by-rabbi-chaim-jachter-and-binyamin-jachter-17?rq=electric%20shaver Rabbi Jachter (Shavers part 4)</ref> | ||
====OneBlade==== | ====OneBlade==== | ||
#Rav Heinemann left the status of the OneBlade as inconclusive due to the concern that it might be sharp enough to cut hair on its own.<ref>[https://www.star-k.org/articles/kashrus-kurrents/6141/a-cut-above-or-is-it/ Rav Tzvi Rosen of the Star-K]</ref> | #Rav Heinemann left the status of the OneBlade as inconclusive due to the concern that it might be sharp enough to cut hair on its own.<ref>[https://www.star-k.org/articles/kashrus-kurrents/6141/a-cut-above-or-is-it/ Rav Tzvi Rosen of the Star-K]</ref> | ||
