Songs after Lag BaOmer, peeling skin on Shabbat, netilat yadayim for food dipped in liquid
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Question
Shalom,
1. Regarding listening to songs after Lag BaOmer: is it permitted to listen to (festive) music after Lag BaOmer? I saw that you wrote that the Mishnah Berurah says not to listen, but I looked and did not find this in the Mishnah Berurah. Is there a clear source for this, and is there room to be lenient if the halacha is only that it is preferable to refrain?
2. Regarding Shabbat: if there is peeling skin on the lips because of dryness or some other reason – is it permitted to peel it off on Shabbat, or is this forbidden (like cutting off skin and the like)?
3. Regarding netilat yadayim for something dipped in liquid (davar she-tibulo be-mashkeh): in practice today, is it customary to wash hands for food that is dipped in a liquid, or is one lenient about this? I saw it written that some had the custom not to wash, but there are opinions that one must wash – what is the accepted custom in practice today?
1. Regarding listening to songs after Lag BaOmer: is it permitted to listen to (festive) music after Lag BaOmer? I saw that you wrote that the Mishnah Berurah says not to listen, but I looked and did not find this in the Mishnah Berurah. Is there a clear source for this, and is there room to be lenient if the halacha is only that it is preferable to refrain?
2. Regarding Shabbat: if there is peeling skin on the lips because of dryness or some other reason – is it permitted to peel it off on Shabbat, or is this forbidden (like cutting off skin and the like)?
3. Regarding netilat yadayim for something dipped in liquid (davar she-tibulo be-mashkeh): in practice today, is it customary to wash hands for food that is dipped in a liquid, or is one lenient about this? I saw it written that some had the custom not to wash, but there are opinions that one must wash – what is the accepted custom in practice today?
Answer
Shalom u-vracha
1. The source is in the Ta"z (Orach Chaim, siman 493, se’if katan 2), and it is alluded to in the Mishnah Berurah (se’if katan 15). In the lands of Ashkenaz they adopted practices of mourning even after Lag BaOmer, because of the persecutions of the year Tatnu that occurred then.
2. It is forbidden because of tearing off skin (telishat or), which is included in the general prohibition of the melacha of “shochet” (slaughtering).
3. Those who are meticulous wash their hands, except in the case of food that is consistently eaten with a spoon, fork, etc., and is not touched with the hands.
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