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=== Is Shaving Armpit Hair or Other Hair like a Beard? ===
=== Is Shaving Armpit Hair or Other Hair like a Beard? ===
Kaf Hachaim<ref>531:4 quoting Pitchei Olam based on Tosfot (Moed Katan 14a s.v. umenudeh)</ref> writes that it is forbidden to cut any hair on one's body on Chol Hamoed. However, Chiko Mamtakim<ref>cited by Tiferet 531:4</ref> argues that cutting other hair on one's body is permitted for any reason. Hilchot Chag Bchag<ref>p. 240-1</ref> is strict like Kaf Hachaim for other hairs, except for women. Pitchei Teshuvot<ref>531:4</ref> is lenient.
Kaf Hachaim<ref>531:4 quoting Pitchei Olam based on Tosfot (Moed Katan 14a s.v. umenudeh)</ref> writes that it is forbidden to cut any hair on one's body on Chol Hamoed.<ref>Magen Avraham 531:12 implies that according to Sefer Pardes any other hair is forbidden to shave and according to the halacha it is permitted.</ref> However, Chiko Mamtakim<ref>cited by Tiferet 531:4</ref> argues that cutting other hair on one's body is permitted for any reason. Hilchot Chag Bchag<ref>p. 240-1</ref> is strict like Kaf Hachaim for other hairs, except for women. Pitchei Teshuvot<ref>531:4</ref> is lenient.
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