Manufacturing and Purchasing a Purim Mask
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Question
Hello, is it permissible to manufacture and purchase Purim masks?
Answer
Hello,
It is permissible to manufacture, as generally a regular mask does not have a perfect facial form. However, if there is indeed a perfect facial form, it is advisable to be stringent and not have a Jew make it, but it is permissible to ask a non-Jew to manufacture it, as according to the essence of the law, it is permissible to create a head without a body, according to the opinion of the Shulchan Aruch.
However, purchasing it is permissible in any case, as the Shulchan Aruch permits it, and there is no issue of 'placing a stumbling block before the blind'.
Source
Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 141, Se'if 7. Shach there, Sif-Katan 32.