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Cutting Nails During the Nine Days

Question

I forgot to cut my nails before the Nine Days
Is there a solution?

Answer

Shalom u’vrachah 

It is permitted to cut nails until the week in which Tisha B’Av falls. 

Answered 14 July 2026 How answers are reviewed
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Rabbi Israel Cohen
Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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