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MB3 187b: Cutting Nails or Hair on Shabbos (340:1 - part 1)

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD

Cutting hair and nails on Shabbos - with or without a utensil (e.g. biting one's nails).

What if a woman forgot to cut her nails before Shabbos and needs to go to the Mikvah?

Rabbi Aaron E. Glatt, MD, MACP, FIDSA, FSHEA is the Associate Rabbi at the Young Israel of Woodmere. He has been giving a Daf Yomi shiur for 30 years (available on YUTorah), and also gives a weekly gemara be’iyun shiur, daily halacha shiurim, and many other classes. An international lecturer on medical and halachic issues, Rabbi Dr. Glatt has autho...

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