Timeline for May a man pull out the white hairs from his beard/hair?
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| Jun 16, 2011 at 6:58 | comment | added | YDK | The piece is referring to Shabbos. Normally, in order to be liable a korban, a person would need to pluck a significant amount of hair (Machlokes 1 or 2). Plucking white from the black, everyone agrees that 1 hair would make you liable, since the removal of that hair is significant to one who wishes to look younger. | |
| Jun 16, 2011 at 3:11 | comment | added | Zvi | As I recall from a Shiur I heard about this, there's a Machloket and plucking is problematic by at least one opinion. | |
| Jun 16, 2011 at 2:18 | comment | added | Yitzchak | Isn't plucking permitted because it isn't shaving (you need both hashchasa and ta'ar for it to be d'oraisa)? | |
| Jun 15, 2011 at 20:52 | history | answered | Zvi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |