Haircut for a Prisoner during the Days of the Omer
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Question
A prisoner whose wife is allowed to visit him in prison during the days of Sefirat HaOmer and to be secluded with him after a year and a half in which they have not met, and he did not shave before Pesach. May he shave, similar to the allowance for one who was in prison to take a haircut on Chol HaMoed? And what is the law if he did shave before Pesach?
Answer
Nowadays the law of one who was in prison does not apply in this regard, and there is no permission to take a haircut or to shave.
Source
Orach Chaim, siman 493.
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