Drying hair on Shabbat and Yom Tov
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Question
What are the parameters of the prohibition of squeezing on Shabbat, especially on the night of Shavuot and on Shabbat morning, when drying off after a shower or after netilat yadayim? How much and in what manner is it permitted to dry oneself with a towel in a place where there is hair, and is it permitted to pass the towel gently several times over an area where there is hair?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha
It is forbidden to wring out the hair forcefully into the towel, but one may place the towel gently on the hair and the water will be absorbed on its own.
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