Cutting Nails During the Thirty Days by Another Person
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Question
Is it permissible for a mourner within the thirty days to have their nails cut by another person?
Answer
It is forbidden.
Source
Shach, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 389, Se'if Katan 4: "And it seems to me that he specifically mentions a non-Jew, because otherwise even a man would be permitted to shave or cut his nails through another Jew, but certainly, since he is his agent, it is forbidden." And even according to the Rema, who permitted it through a Jewish woman for the purpose of a mitzvah immersion, nevertheless, for a regular mourner, it is forbidden through another. This is also written in Tiferet Le-Moshe, and see in the Gilyon Maharsha, where he questions that indeed it might help through another, as this itself is considered a change.
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