{"id":9387,"date":"2000-12-11T00:10:02","date_gmt":"2000-12-10T22:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=9387"},"modified":"2019-05-15T12:36:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T09:36:28","slug":"12-11-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/12-11-10\/","title":{"rendered":"10. Cutting Nails"},"content":{"rendered":"

One whose nails are overgrown should cut them before the festival. However, according to most poskim<\/em>, if he did not do so, he may cut them be-di\u2019avad<\/em> during \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>. It is permitted as it is considered a bodily need, and bodily needs may be taken care of on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> (Rif; Rambam; Rosh; Smag<\/em>; SA 534:1). Others are stringent and state that just as the Sages forbade getting haircuts during \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em>, they also forbade cutting nails. The logic is the same; the Sages wanted to encourage people to look their best before Yom Tov (Smak<\/em>; Sefer Ha-teruma<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Even though the primary position is the lenient one, the custom in Ashkenazic and some Sephardic communities is to be stringent and not cut nails during \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> (Rema 532:1; Kaf Ha-\u1e25ayim ad loc.<\/em> 4). Even according to the stringent opinion, though, one who cut his nails before the festival may cut them again on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed <\/em>(MA; MB ad loc.<\/em> 2; AHS ad loc.<\/em> 2). If one cuts his nails every Friday, he may cut them on Friday of \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed<\/em> as well, even if he did not cut them before the festival (Na\u1e25alat Shiva<\/em> 2:57).[5]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

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\n[5]<\/a>. Some apply Rema\u2019s stringency in that case as well, and permit nail-cutting only in the case of a woman who needs to immerse in the mikveh<\/em>. However, we need not defer to this position, since the majority of Rishonim allow nails to be cut on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed.<\/em> Even among those who are stringent, many permit it in the cases discussed above (see Kaf Ha-\u1e25ayim<\/em> 532:5, 7). Furthermore, this is a disagreement about a rabbinic law. Additionally, AHS 532:2 states that if one following Ashkenazic custom was extremely busy before the festival, he may cut his nails on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed <\/em>if necessary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One whose nails are overgrown should cut them before the festival. However, according to most poskim, if he did not do so, he may cut them be-di\u2019avad during \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed. It is permitted as it is considered a bodily need, and bodily needs may be taken care of on \u1e24ol Ha-mo\u2019ed (Rif; Rambam; Rosh; Smag; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12-11"],"yoast_head":"\n10. 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