![]() ![]() The author can be reached at įirst of all, there are two different reasons why haircuts might be permitted this Friday. He must wait until Sunday morning after davening. One should, of course, ask one’s own Rav or Posaik as to whether they agree with the idea that the Chofetz Chaim’s silence indicates that he disagrees with Rav Elyashiv’s point that it is not Mehudar, and as to whether they are permitted to do so on Thursday night as well.Īlso, according to Rav Elyashiv in Mishnas HaGRish page 196 – if one missed the Erev Shabbos opportunity, he cannot get a haircut on Saturday night. The OU Halacha Yomis reports that Rav Shmuel Vosner zt”l held that ONE MAY NOT DO SO on Thursday night (MiBais Levi, Nissan 5758 p.87 note 3). Some question the Thursday night heter, however. Other Sefardic Jews wait until the morning after lag baomer. We can extrapolate from what Rav Ovadia Yoseph writes regarding the Sefardic minhag of the 34th day of the omer (Yechaveh Daas IV #32) that he permits it only when one is unable to do so on Friday. Kikar Shabbat reports that they have a ruling from Rav Chaim Kanievsky that it is permitted on Thursday night as well. One can certainly shave and get a haircut on Friday this year (According to Rav Mordechai Bunim Silverberg, Rav Shteinman permitted it even on Thursday night). This author would like to suggest that the Mishna Brurah’s silence here, and his ruling elsewhere regarding Rosh Chodesh on Sunday indicates that the Chofetz Chaim was not in agreement with the view of Rav Elyashiv here. Some say that one should precisely because of the issue of Kavod Shabbos – Rav Elyashiv holds that ideally one shouldn’t. Regardless, all authorities agree that it is permitted to do so. The Mishna Brurah and the Gedolei HaRoshei Yeshiva who permitted it fully in the past would hold of the first explanation of the Mahariv that it is a bit of a Bizayon to Shabbos to get a haircut the next day, but not for Shabbos itself.ĬHOFETZ CHAIM HELD OF FIRST ANSWER – RAV ELYASHIV THE SECOND Rav Elyashiv might hold of the second explanation of the Mahariv – that we just do it on Friday because we cannot do it on Shabbos. It is this author’s suggestion that the issue is actually a matter of debate between the Poskim of yesterday and Rav Elyashiv zt”l. How so? Well firstly, the Mishna Brurah does not mention at all the notion that it is “not Mehudar.” Secondly, it has been the minhag of all Bnei Yeshiva to follow this ruling of the Remah – ostensibly not only because it was permitted, but because it involved issues of Kavod Shabbos.ĭEBATE AS TO THE ACTUAL REASON FOR MINHAG This position comes as a shock to most people. 430) that although it is permitted it is “not mehudar” and it is preferable, rather, to get the haircut on Sunday. Rav Elyashiv is quoted by one of his students, Rabbi Avrohom Hillel Weinberger, author of HaGaos VeHosafos (as cited in Ashrei HaIsh p. What is interesting to note is that, although the Ramah cites sources that it is the minhag to permit these haircuts, is it ideal? This is the explanation of the Mahariv’s position. Since it is forbidden to do so on Shabbos – the minhag is to permit it on the day before – so that it could be done for Shabbos. The only problem, of course, is that it is a violation of Shabbos.Īnd herein lies our heter. Since this is the case, one would technically have been permitted to shave and get a haircut on Shabbos. One does not recite Tachanun, for example, on the Mincha that immediately precedes LaG BaOmer. In other words, it is the comparison that would be drawn from the Sunday holiday to the gift that Hashem gave us – the Shabbos.Īnother explanation is that LaG BaOmer is actually a holiday, where the holiness of that holiday begins at Mincha on the previous day. One explanation is that since one is shaving and getting a haircut on Sunday, and Shabbos is right beforehand, it seems to be a “slap in the face” to the Shabbos that one did not get a haircut for the holiest day of the week too. Poskim and Gedolei HaRoshei Yeshiva have given two explanations for the ruling found in the Ramah. Apparently, there is a mis-transcribed letter that has entered into our Shulchan Aruch. What then is the source? It comes from some place else – it comes from the Mahariv – not the Maharil. ![]() Indeed, if one looks at the Maharil, one sees no such indication in his writings that this is correct. In fact, the parenthesis indicating the source – was not penned by the Ramah but rather by a later editor. The Ramah seems to cite the Maharil as the source for this ruling. ![]() There is a fascinating Remah (in Orech Chaim 493:2) that tells us that when LaG BaOmer falls on Sunday, the custom is to allow getting a haircut on Friday on account of Kavod Shabbos. The author’s books can be purchased by clicking here.įor those who are curious about the analysis – read on.
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