Haircut for a Groom within Thirty Days of Mourning for His Father
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Question
A groom who needs to get married within the thirty days of mourning for his father, is he allowed to have a haircut in honor of the wedding and to bathe in hot water before the wedding?
Answer
He is permitted to bathe in hot water and even to have a haircut in honor of the wedding.
Source
Rabbi Akiva Eiger, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 392, cited in the name of the A"R (Siman 132, Se'if 4) regarding a woman within 30 days, even for her father and mother, it is permitted to shave, and in Meshabtzot Zahav, the law was left in doubt. See Teshuvot Shemesh Tzedakah (Orach Chaim, Siman 25): and it appears from his words that he ruled like the A"R, and if he permitted a haircut, which is by law, all the more so bathing, which is by custom, is permitted.
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