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# Zomet approved its use since it functions with a scissor action between the screen and blade.<ref>[https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/clarifying-peiot-and-electric-shavers-part-5-by-rabbi-jachter-and-binyamin-jachter-17 Rav Jachter (Shavers part 5)]</ref> | # Zomet approved its use since it functions with a scissor action between the screen and blade.<ref>[https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/clarifying-peiot-and-electric-shavers-part-5-by-rabbi-jachter-and-binyamin-jachter-17 Rav Jachter (Shavers part 5)]</ref> | ||
====Those Who Permit All Shavers==== | ====Those Who Permit All Shavers==== | ||
#Many poskim are of the opinion that according to the lenient view almost all electric shavers are permitted.<Ref>[https://www.zomet.org.il/eng/?CategoryID=253&ArticleID=141 Zomet], [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/746830/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-electric-shavers/ Rav Aryeh Lebowitz (Ten Minute Halacha, Electric Shavers)], [https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/clarifying-peiot-and-electric-shavers-part-5-by-rabbi-jachter-and-binyamin-jachter-17 Rabbi Jachter (Shavers part 5)]. Rabbi Jachter writes that many poskim permit all electric shavers and there is no difference between the different types. He concluded that almost all are permitted like Zomet's conclusion, though he isn't aware of any that are absolutely forbidden. See Peot Zekenecha (pg 81). See also the RJJ journal (Vol 36 article on Electric Shavers by David Schwartz) which quotes various testimonies of Rav Moshe's opinion (pg 108). Rav Mordechai Eliyahu in his comments to Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 170:2 writes that although it is permitted to cut one's beard with a scissor like action even if it cut the hair so that the face is smooth, one should consult a posek about electric shavers because some cut in a scissor like fashion and some in a razor like fashion. See also [https://www.star-k.org/articles/kashrus-kurrents/563/electric-shavers/ Star-K] article on this.</ref> | #Many poskim are of the opinion that according to the lenient view almost all electric shavers are permitted.<Ref>[https://www.zomet.org.il/eng/?CategoryID=253&ArticleID=141 Zomet], [https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/746830/rabbi-aryeh-lebowitz/ten-minute-halacha-electric-shavers/ Rav Aryeh Lebowitz (Ten Minute Halacha, Electric Shavers)], [https://www.koltorah.org/halachah/clarifying-peiot-and-electric-shavers-part-5-by-rabbi-jachter-and-binyamin-jachter-17 Rabbi Jachter (Shavers part 5)]. In his work, Halachic Haircutting Handbook p. 75 culled the opinions of Rav Shmuel Fuerst, Rav Hershel Schachter, Rav Elazar Meyer Teitz, Rav Mordechai Willig as holding that all shavers are permitted. Rabbi Jachter writes that many poskim permit all electric shavers and there is no difference between the different types. He concluded that almost all are permitted like Zomet's conclusion, though he isn't aware of any that are absolutely forbidden. See Peot Zekenecha (pg 81). See also the RJJ journal (Vol 36 article on Electric Shavers by David Schwartz) which quotes various testimonies of Rav Moshe's opinion (pg 108). Rav Mordechai Eliyahu in his comments to Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 170:2 writes that although it is permitted to cut one's beard with a scissor like action even if it cut the hair so that the face is smooth, one should consult a posek about electric shavers because some cut in a scissor like fashion and some in a razor like fashion. See also [https://www.star-k.org/articles/kashrus-kurrents/563/electric-shavers/ Star-K] article on this.</ref> | ||
==Haircutting Machines and Trimmers== | ==Haircutting Machines and Trimmers== | ||
