- Q. Greetings Kvod Rabeinu and best wishes for Lag Baomer.
When is it the proper time to shave and take a haircut on this year (2025) that Lag Baomer is on Friday?
A. Shulchan Oruch (O.H. 493: 2) mentions that the minhag is that one should not take a haircut on Lag Baomer, yet one should wait until next day, unless it happens to be also Erev Shabbos and one does so in the honor of Shabbos.
During the week, the custom of Sefardim is to follow the ruling that one should wait until the 34th day of the Omer in the morning.
The Rema in Hilchos Shabbos (251:2) writes that although it is inappropriate to do melacha on Erev Shabbos afternoon, it is permissible for a Jewish barber to give haircuts in honor of Shabbos all afternoon, even if he charges for his services.
Mishnah Berurah (251:7) explains that this is because it is obvious to everyone that the haircut is in honor of Shabbos. Rav Shmuel Wosner zt”l (Kuntres M’beis Levi 5758 vol. 1, p. 87) writes that one may not get a haircut on Thursday night, but must wait until Friday morning. This was also the opinion of Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichos Shlomo - Pesach 11: note 31).
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