Can I shave on friday for kvod Shabbat if it is also rosh chodesh?
Indeed that’s what R Yehuda Chasid wrote, and Mishna Berura brings it siman 260. But lemaase if you forgot to shave yesterday you can today, especially according to Chacham Ovadia.
RABBI SHAY TAHAN
Have a question of your own?
Ask Rabbi TahanCan I pick flowers on Rosh Chodesh?
Answer: Why not? Picking flowers on Rosh Chodesh is not a problem.
Read the full answer → Picking Flowers on Rosh ChodeshMay one visit the cemetery on Rosh Chodesh?
Answer: One shouldn’t visit the cemetery on Rosh Chodesh.
Read the full answer → Visiting the Cemetery on Rosh ChodeshDo we say the Amidah for Rosh Chodesh today?
Answer: Yes, we say the Amidah for Rosh Chodesh today.
Read the full answer → Saying the Rosh Chodesh Amidah (Musaf)If one missed Yale ve Yavo in Birkat Hamazon on Rosh Chodesh, does one repeat?
Answer: No.
Read the full answer → Yale Veyavo on Rosh ChodeshCan we have a seudah mitzvah without bread? Or it must only be with bread? Like seudah of Rosh Hodesh? Shabbat also or only Purim and Brit Mila?
Answer: Machloket. Magen Avraham says no need for bread (regarding Rosh Hodesh, Purim, Brit Milah) and mor uktsia argues. Regarding Shabbat, Shulchan Aruch says that the 2 Shabbat seudot must be with bread.
Read the full answer → Seudat Mitzvah With BreadAre you allowed to file nails on rosh chosesh?
Answer: Yes.
Read the full answer → Filing Nails on Rosh Chodesh