Some years (e.g., 2011, 2017, 2024) Lag Ba'omer falls out on a Sunday. I've heard from a few people that the halacha is that you can shave (and take a haircut) on the Friday beforehand l'kavod Shabbos. Are there any sources for that? Any extra day I don't need to live with this beard is a good day for me :)
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1Just saw this on VIN: vosizneias.com/84049/2011/05/19/…– BFreeCommented May 19, 2011 at 21:47
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May you take a haircut on Thursday night?– YehoshuaCommented May 12, 2017 at 0:07
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Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim 493:2, Rema:
ואין להסתפר עד ל"ג בעצמו ולא מבערב. מיהו אם חל ביום ראשון, נוהגין להסתפר ביום ששי לכבוד שבת
And it is not permitted to get a haircut [or shave] until the day of the Lag b'Omer itself. However, if it [Lag b'Omer] falls on Sunday, we have a custom to get haircuts [and shave] on Friday, in honor of Shabbat.
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1Just for the record, this is a Machloket Rishonim. hebrewbooks.org/… Here is the Maharil where he notes that those (namely, Mahari Weill) that permit in this case are holding avoid haircuts during the Omer isn't actually a Minhag but just something a few people do. It's questionable that they would still permit today when avoiding haircuts is about as near-universal Minhag as you can imagine.– Double AA ♦Commented Apr 28, 2013 at 23:47
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1Also note that those who keep Lad B'omer would not be able to rely on this heter, since the heter is for pushing up from Sunday, not Monday. I don't believe the calendar allows Lad to fall out on Sunday.– DonielFCommented May 11, 2017 at 22:09
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The Levush says this is only in places where you wouldn't be able to get a haircut on Sunday because all the shops are closed for the Christian holiday. Perforce then we have to let you get it early.– Double AA ♦Commented May 13, 2021 at 16:45
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Please note, Chochmas Shlomo on that siman explains this heter is only for those who keep the second half of Sefiras, his logic wouldn't apply to those who keep the first half. Possibly Aruch Hashulchan in siff 6 implies he believes the same.– user6591Commented May 15 at 23:41
Footnote 61 of Halachically Speaking Volume 7, Issue 5 (PDF) says:
Chok Yaakov 7, Shulchan Aruch Harav 5, Chayei Adom 131:11, Mishnah Berurah 5, Aruch Hashulchan 6, L’Torah V’horah 2: page 19:2 quoting the opinion of Harav Moshe Feinstein, zt’l, Rivevos Ephraim 6: page 294:2, Orchos Rabbeinu 2: page 95:11, see Chok Yaakov 7. This is even according to the Sefardim (Bais Dovid 208). Lag B’omer falls out on Sunday in the following years (5771, 73, 74, 77, 84, 88, 91, 94, 95, 97, 98). Some say to take the haircut on Friday after chatzos if possible, although taking it before chatzos is also permitted (Halichos Shlomo Moadim 2: page 364: footnote 79).
answered May 16, 2011 at 18:38
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1Who said taking a haircut on friday afternoon is muttar at all? See OC 251– Double AA ♦Commented Nov 23, 2011 at 5:15
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@Double AA OC 251 (2) says וּמִסְתַּפְּרִין כָּל הַיּוֹם, אֲפִלּוּ מִסַּפַּר יִשְׂרָאֵל.! Commented May 11, 2017 at 21:27
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@AvrohomYitzchok That's quite a controverial position. Note the Beuir Halakha there עיין בביאור הגר"א שמפקפק בזה מאד ולפי דעתו יש ליזהר ממנחה ולמעלה אפי' בחנם כי היא תמיד מלאכת אומן ע"ש: and recall from Erev Pesach judaism.stackexchange.com/a/6928/759– Double AA ♦Commented May 11, 2017 at 21:33
See Halachically Speaking Volume 3 Issue 16 page 5:
When Lag B’omer falls out on Sunday (as it does this year) shaving etc. is permitted on Friday because of kovod for Shabbos 64. The reason why it is kovod for Shabbos is because by the mincha before Lag B’omer one does not say tachnun, so technically shaving would permitted on Shabbos, but since one can not do so, the allowance is pushed back to Friday 65. One may not shave etc. on Motzei Shabbos when Lag B’omer falls out on Sunday 66. Furthermore, many say that shaving etc. in the above situation is not permitted on Thursday night [Thursday night is technically Friday] if one has time to do it on Friday 67. [...]
Footnotes excerpt (in case the link goes down again):
- Rama ibid [493:2], Chok Yaakov 7, Shulchan Aruch Harav 5, Chai Adom 131:11, Mishnah Berurah 5, Aruch Ha’shulchan 6, L’Torah V’horah 2:page 19:2 quoting the opinion of Horav Moshe Feinstein zt”l, Rivevos Ephraim 6:page 294:2, Orchos Rabbeinu 2:page 95:11, see Chok Yaakov 7. This is even according to the Sefardim (Bais Dovid 208). Lag B’omer falls out on Sunday in the following years (5767, 70, 71, 73, 74, 77, 84, 88, 91, 94, 95, 97, 98). Some say to take the haircut on Friday after chatzos if possible, although taking it before chatzos is also permitted (Halichos Shlomo Moadim 2:page 364:footnote 79).
- Horav Yisroel Belsky Shlita. Refer to Nodeh B’Yehuda 1:28:page 64 (old).
- Ben Pesach L’Shavuos page 250:foontoe 20 quoting the opinion of Horav Elyashiv Shlita, Doleh U’mashka page 196, Halichos Shlomo Moadim 2:page 364:footnote 31.
- Refer to Refer to Mishnah Berurah 260:5, Rivevos Ephraim 1:338, 4:131, see Kaf Ha’chaim 23, Ben Pesach L’Shavuos page 250. One who did not cut his hair in this situation until Sunday was not mezalzel in the honor of Shabbos (Rivevos Ephraim 1:338).
Note: anything in brackets in the quotes above is written by me.
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1@doubleAA there is a Posek Hador who allows shaving on a regular year the day before lag bomer because tachanun isnt said starting from mincha,see the Be'er Heitiv as well– samCommented May 11, 2017 at 19:01
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@sam If they permit on 32 afternoon because of no Tachanun, then they should permit shaving Saturday night as well. One way or another this article is contradicting itself.– Double AA ♦Commented May 11, 2017 at 21:12
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@sam do they permit on pesach sheni for nusach sfard that skips tachanun?– Double AA ♦Commented May 7, 2020 at 22:30
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No,only mincha before lag baomer,also pesach sheni is not a yom tov– samCommented May 7, 2020 at 23:35
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@sam Why not have for pesach sheni for nusach sfard? (lag baomer is not a yom tov either... I'm not saying I understand why one would skip tachanun on pesach sheni, just saying it should follow according to that opinion)– Double AA ♦Commented May 8, 2020 at 0:37