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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Not Shaving During Sefira is actually a "Goyishe Minhag"

 


From Emailim Batorah...

 הלכה ולא למעשה


NOT SHAVING DURING SEFIRA - GOYISHE MINHAG

The Mekubal & Doctor, Harav Moshe Dovid Valla
(תלמיד of the רמח"ל)

claims that not shaving or trimming the beard during
אבילות, and ספירה 
is a Goyishe Minhag.

"Only by Goyim, since they all shave during the year,
so refraining 
from shaving shows אבילות.

For Yidden, since they have been growing beards during
the year, therefore, letting it grow during ספירה is not a
form of אבילות. Chazal didn't have 
beards in mind 
when they said not to cut the hair during that period.


However, since the masses don't shave their beards
during the  
ספירה, we should condone it and come up
with the reason, it's 
done to be ממתיק הדינים (sweeten
& lighten the harsh judgments) 
of the long hair*."

The שו"ת חתם סופר יו"ד שמ"ח  too, claims the Poskim's
intention was 
only for the hair of the head and not
the beard.


* Kabbalistic
 
 
 
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Isn’t the Heiligeh Hasam Soifer talking about a hussen beyoim hassenusoi?

Anonymous said...

This is taken out of context!! His point is for those who usually grow beards throughout the year. For us who do usually shave the above isn’t relevant You are מגלה פנים בתורה שלא כהלכה.
Good clickbait,but very dishonest.

Akiva Eiger said...

3:05
The Chasam Sofer is very much in context.You are a huge "am ha'aretz"

Anonymous said...

Interesting he was a Talmid of the Ramchal. Tradition has it that the Ramchal didn't have a beard.

Anonymous said...

actually, i always thought that since sefira coincides with the NHL playoffs, this was just a playoff beard...