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No Haircut Until Shloshim

Mourner refrains from haircut through shloshim, or 12 months for parent.

Mourner refrains from haircut through shloshim, or 12 months for parent.

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Pele Yoetz · Eliezer Papo · c. 1815 CE

Relevance: High

A mourner avoids cutting their hair during the mourning period: through shloshim (30 days) for relatives, or 12 months when mourning a parent. (Rabbi Elijah David Rabinowitz) Discusses the spiritual s

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Mishnah Berurah · Israel Meir Kagan (Chafetz Chaim) · c. 1875 CE

Relevance: High

A mourner avoids cutting their hair during the mourning period: through shloshim (30 days) for relatives, or 12 months when mourning a parent. (Rabbi Israel Meir HaKohen) Provides detailed commentary

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Curated Attribution (metadata) :: shloshim-haircut :: 391:1curated_attribution

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Relevance: High

A mourner avoids cutting their hair during the mourning period: through shloshim (30 days) for relatives, or 12 months when mourning a parent. (Rabbi Joseph Karo) Codifies the prohibition on haircuts

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