# 3883 Blow Away that Moustache?
Question
If a Baal Tokea has a very full beard and moustache, is there a problem if hairs intercept between his lips and the shofar.
Answer
Piskei Teshuvos (586: 11) quotes R’A Shlezinger zt’l (2: 382) that the hairs of the moustache are indeed a ’Hefsek’ or separation between the lips and the Shofar and should be removed.
After the fact, when the blowing was done and some moustache hairs were separating, Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that one complied with the mitzva.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a.
Answered by: Hagaon Rav Shlomo Miller Shlit'a
Published: September 11, 2022
Community Discussion
Log in to comment