Cutting One’s Hair and Shaving on Chol HaMoed

Quiz

1 - Is it permitted to have a haircut on Chol HaMoed?

• Yes, in order to look nice for the festival
• No. It is a Rabbinic prohibition to insure that people begin the festival properly groomed and don’t push it off to later
• Only if your hair is really long

2 - Can a person who completed the seven-day mourning period on Erev Yom Tov have a haircut?

• Yes
• No
• Only if they are bothered by it

3 - May a woman pluck her eyebrows on Chol HaMoed?

• Only if she does it every week
• No
• Yes