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# A woman who needs to cut her hair in order to get married, all the more so if she's already engaged, or if a woman has the custom to cut her hair before going to the mikveh, it's permissible to do so during the three weeks. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Arba Taniyot pg 163), Shalmei Moed (pg 477), Iggerot Moshe YD 2:137, Halichot Shelomo 3:14, Devar Halachah 10, Shalmei Moed Perek 89 | # A woman who needs to cut her hair in order to get married, all the more so if she's already engaged, or if a woman has the custom to cut her hair before going to the mikveh, it's permissible to do so during the three weeks. <ref>Chazon Ovadyah (Arba Taniyot pg 163), Shalmei Moed (pg 477), Iggerot Moshe YD 2:137, Halichot Shelomo 3:14, Devar Halachah 10, Shalmei Moed Perek 89. see also Nefesh Harav 191-192 where he writes that it makes sense to say that women should be allowed to get haircuts up until the week of Tisha B'av. </ref> | ||
# If a woman’s hair is growing so long that it is becoming difficult for her to keep the hair under the head covering, she can cut it during the three weeks. <ref> Mishnah Brurah 551:79, Rivevot Ephraim 8:178 </ref> | # If a woman’s hair is growing so long that it is becoming difficult for her to keep the hair under the head covering, she can cut it during the three weeks. <ref> Mishnah Brurah 551:79, Rivevot Ephraim 8:178 </ref> | ||
===Wigs=== | ===Wigs=== | ||
# Women may get their sheitels cut or styled during the three weeks, as this is not considered to be their hair, but their clothing. <ref> Nitei Gavriel Bein Hamitzarim pg. 139 </ref> | # Women may get their sheitels cut or styled during the three weeks, as this is not considered to be their hair, but their clothing. <ref> Nitei Gavriel Bein Hamitzarim pg. 139 </ref> | ||
