ROSH CHODESH IYAR ON EREV SHABBOS – CAN I TAKE A HAIRCUT - Rabbi Nachum Scheiner

Every Arab Shabbos is a mitzvah to wash yourself the cover Shabbos. In Siman Resh Samech the Siman Dine Achana'as Shabbos is up to Shulchan Aruch the Machaber Mitzvah Lirchatz Kol Gufai a person should rinse himself, wash himself fully. The Shulchan Aruch continues the same is to cut your nails erev Shabbos. And there are more adds that if a person has long hair you should take your hair cut. Ba'al Ifen that a person the cover Shabbos Kodesh should wash himself, cut his nails cut his hair. This erev Shabbos Kodesh for those that are holding the second that hold the second half of Sefirah the Hainu their Noiyeg the Aveilus of Sefirah starting from Rosh Chodesh Iyar, from Aleph Iyar which is this Shabbos Kodesh. Oiy Ba'Zoi the opportune time would be erev Shabbos Kodesh this week to take a hair cut. Sa'iyes the cover Shabbos and also like this you take a hair cut before before the start of the days of Sefirah, the second half. Avada for those that are Noiyeg Al Pi the Ariza'l the Sefirah is throughout from the beginning till the end. The the Aveilus at least the hair cut. Does this help the Kabbalah? The ones who are Noiyeg with the Ariza'l they do not take a hair cut from Pesach till Shavuos, till erev Shavuos. So So this whole Shavuos of this morning is not negaya. But if not, a person holds one of the halves of Sefirah, he holds the second half of Sefirah. And the second half of Sefirah of Parshas this starts Aleph Iyar, which is Shabbos Kodesh. I would say Erev Shabbos would be a perfect time to take a haircut. However, Erev Shabbos is also Rosh Chodesh. Rosh Chodesh is Friday Shabbos. And Tzava'as Rebbi Yehudah Chassid is not to take a haircut and not to cut nails on Rosh Chodesh. I would say the etzem what should come out is not to take a haircut on Friday, but rather a day earlier on Thursday. So the emphasis is that the etzem it's not so poshit of if Rebbi Yehudah Chassid's Tzava'as Rebbi Yehudah Chassid that said not to take haircuts and cut your nails on Rosh Chodesh isn't also when Rosh Chodesh is on Erev Shabbos. Maybe Kavod Shabbos overrides and a person could take a haircut and cut his nails even a Pitzva'as Rebbi Yehudah Chassid. It's a big discussion. It's a big shaila in the achronim l'kahn l'kahn. L'ma'aseh there's a lot of achronim that understand that the Tzava'as Rebbi Yehudah Chassid is applicable even when Erev even when Rosh Chodesh is on Erev Shabbos. The Mishna Berurah brings this in Hilchos Shabbos. Towards the end of this siman of Resh Samach, the Shulchan Aruch brings Yesh the the Mishna Berurah. Yesh makomos she'ein megalechin v'ein noitlin tzipornayim b'Rosh Chodesh. There are places that are noheg d'haynu a pizza boss and you that classic. And he says after I know feel beyond air of Shabbos Kodesh you can't see where you that classic. In the Maria he says being that he's a if to understand if you that classic is applicable even on a air of Shabbos. The one should refrain. So I would say what comes out of three this comes out that if a person holds the second half, okay, not Friday should do Thursday. Even though even though these are the do but the task says that one should not take a haircut on Thursday only Friday. The ask that it's clearly you could take a haircut on Thursday. Now says the of Rome these are my to take Friday over Thursday. And the the discussion today is not nails but nails is the cool animal one should not cut his nails on Thursday because it's a lack of covered Shabbos because they start growing back the third day the high no Shabbos Kodesh. So I was saying over here you can't take a haircut on Thursday on Friday the voice of you that classic. Do it Thursday I Thursday also the answer is a lack of covered Shabbos. But the already says that in a way that you can't do you can't take a haircut or cut your nails on Friday the high no a week like this week because it's Friday. Or another example would be a year like this year that Shavuot is Friday Shabbos. And the mailer you can't cut your nails on Friday. You're going to cut it Thursday. Stop there. Be your name hey to take your haircut on Friday I mean on Thursday is Thursday or to cut your nails. Or for any other reason is and the mailer you could take your haircut, cut your nails this week Thursday instead of Friday. Good. Atkin if you hold Sefirah the second half. The way it starts on Shabbos. The second half starts this Shabbos Kodesh. You want to take your haircut before the second half. It would be a big mile to take on Friday. However, Friday is and there are those that hold that even on Friday. You take Thursday. Good. However, there was a mission in the modern of Rome. Brought later in the Shulchan Aruch Harav more than this. The modern of Rome himself doesn't bring haircuts. He's speaking about making a sauna. But the Shulchan Aruch Harav already brings that like a guy with haircuts as well. Brought the Halacha in the Mishnah Berurah Kodesh. And the Kodesh for this year being that Shabbos is Rosh Chodesh and is a toisefes simcha on Shabbos, Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh the mailer a person could take a haircut shave on Erev Shabbos, on Erev Shabbos. Why? Because of Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh. Zoch the mission brought for I know again Easter matter Rosh Chodesh year. Those that hold the first half of Sefirah that started already during Pesach and now these days already deep into the days of Sefirah. Mekol makoin says the Chofetz Chaim a year like this year in Chodesh Chodesh for Shabbos. If Rosh Chodesh falls out to be on Shabbos, key when she has come to say for simcha. What's toisefes extra simcha? Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh. Like he said Shabbos Rosh Chodesh, yesh la hater to take a haircut on Erev yesh la hater to stop here the Erev Shabbos to play cover Shabbos. So first of all it's a hidush mitzod dina Sefirah. You're in the middle of the Sefirah teretz is toisefes simcha. We find this mussar also like Gabby Avraham. Last week it's better to totally minic but he's definitely a minic and the mar brings to say even though it's the middle of Rosh Chodesh in the middle of month of Nissan that you don't say tachnun and whenever you don't say tachnun you don't say Avraham the same would be Rosh Chodesh, the mentioning of Sivan. However, being that it's Shabbos Rosh Chodesh, this week it's clear spelled out in Hilchos Shabbos Siman Resh Pei Daled, the Chofetz Chaim brings in in Siman Katan Yud Tes. But there's another chiddush over here for those that hold the first day the first days that they can take a haircut the the first half of Sefirah, there's a chiddush that you can take a haircut this Friday even though it's Rosh Chodesh. It's a voice of Rabbi Yehudah Hachasid. And the Emes says the Emes says that the chodesh a little bit it's a Sefirah. We mentioned before the Mishna Berurah himself brings Rabbi Yehudah Hachasid even on Erev Shabbos, right? We spoke before that there are those that say that Rabbi Yehudah Hachasid is not was not said to take Erev Shabbos you can take a haircut. Oy va zoi but but the Mishna Berurah says that even on Erev Shabbos he can't take a haircut. So how does he say over here that Erev Shabbos he can take a haircut? Now, you might tell me he's speaking about a year that Rosh Chodesh is Shabbos and not Friday. Such a thing doesn't happen. Rosh Chodesh year is always two days, always two days. And when it's Shabbos the second day has to be Friday and not Sunday. Rosh Chodesh could be on Sunday, but then it's Sunday Monday. Cuz loy ba du Pesach but oy vey this year Pesach was Thursday. Pesach cannot be ba du devov the Friday. So Pesach can't be a day later which means Rosh Chodesh Iyar can't be a day later can't be Shabbos and Sunday. So that's clear that Rosh Chodesh when it's Shabbos that the Mishnah Berurah speaking about is also it's also Friday and the Chofetz Chaim says you can take a haircut this Friday. That's clear. So regarding the steira in Mishnah Berurah he says he says and this is a klal a lot that the Chofetz Chaim over here is only speaking in Hilchos Svirah. In Hilchos Svirah one can take a haircut this Friday. However, in a Nami Mitzvah of Yehudah Chassid Mitzvah of Yehudah Chassid you can't. In Salmas Chaim he says it a little bit different but in Mishnah Berurah Rav Nosson Klein says is that the Chofetz Chaim here says in Hilchos Svirah you could have Adam Hilchos of Yehudah Chassid you cannot. In Salmas Chaim Rav Yisrael Chaim Zonnefeld says that for those that are not Nazir in Tzeva'as of Yehudah Chassid they could. But in a Nami Taka if you are Nazir like what the Chofetz Chaim himself says in Hilchos Shabbos yesh makom that that don't take a haircut on Rosh Chodesh even by Erev Shabbos and a Nami Taka then you cannot. Which which means that when the Chofetz Chaim says that you can take a haircut this Friday Erev Shabbos it's only if you're not Nazir under Tzeva'as of Yehudah Chassid upon him on a Friday. And the Emes is that this is already in Tshuvas Chasam Sofer. The Chasam Sofer was asked about somebody to be able to take a haircut with a few tzirufim. He needed to be able to beat somebody from the the the king, the palace. With tzirufim, he should be a sandek. And it should be on Rosh Chodesh in the Sefirah. And he writes, "Zoch the Chasam Sofer in the tshuvas read the loshon. I'm just taking out this line, this cheilek, this tziruf. Zoch the Chasam Sofer. Shaharai Ashkenazim mistaprin b'Rosh Chodesh Iyar. Now, in kein yesh b'zei gam kein tzas kulah to take a haircut l'maan d'lo yachish l'tzavah of Yehudah Chassid umistaprin b'Rosh Chodesh. Here he's talking about Rosh Chodesh it was the middle of the week that you not nizon of Yehudah Chassid, but al kapon on a Friday it would be the same idea. This is what the Chofetz Chaim says that you allowed to take a haircut this Friday. It's for those that are not nizon of Yehudah Chassid. However, the M.C. says like this. Zoch the M.C. says that you could. Zoch the M.C. you could. Why? Because it's the efshar b'inyan acher. Meaning to say is even if you nizon of Yehudah Chassid, even on Friday, hayois you can't take it a different time. You're holding the first days of Sefirah. And you can't take it Thursday if you hold the second half, then in the Chanamy Taka, you don't take it Friday, take it Thursday because tzavah of Yehudah Chassid even on a Friday However, a year like this year that it not a year like this year. If you hold the first half and you can't take Thursday. You can't take Thursday cuz it's you don't have the same as you say Arab Shabbos going into Shabbos and cover Shabbos and the mail you can take the haircut even on Friday. But even you have like this. The first way to understand in the Sefira you cannot take the only saying if you could use the words in theory of Sefira. But you cannot. In and like we saw in the if you're not you good. And find things says that even if you you can't sit. The high governor being that this is the only opportunity is to take Friday. You can take Thursday. Even with and even though it's on even if it's on Friday but even though you can you could. So just to sum it up and to conclude what's what's the law? I'm not going to pass skin. But we'll just sum it up. And this is what comes out. The says Now we saw that could be only if you don't have to sit. says clearly that you could take a haircut this Friday. The same also they write it over there in the from they also bring says you could. There are those that say Thursday. There are those that say Thursday the Knesset Sagdola being that you can't do Friday, so we pull it back a day. I left that out before, we'll say it now. You can't do it Friday, but mainly you could do it Thursday afternoon. After Chatzos and that's considered Kabbos Shabbos. And then one should not take Friday, one should do Thursday, even though it's severe, you have this heter. The Kaf Hachaim brings this off l'maaseh to do Thursday afternoon. And I saw brought Rebelson held like that on l'maaseh to do Thursday, Thursday afternoon. Even though you're in middle of Sefirah Thursday afternoon is already connected to the Kabbos of Shabbos. And then there are those that hold not to take B'Chlal. The Steipler Reb Vosner for those obviously that are Nizer on Reb Yehuda Chassid not to be Sameach on this Magen Avraham that says that you can take haircut not to take haircut. Have a wonderful day.