When is a mourner allowed to get a haircut for the first time
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Question
A mourner in the year of mourning for his father, when is he allowed to cut the hair on his head for the first time?
Answer
For Sephardim: After thirty days and a rebuke, it is permitted to get a haircut.
For Ashkenazim: Many wait three months from the last haircut (some are stringent to wait three months from the burial), but according to the basic law, it is permitted to get a haircut after thirty days and a rebuke, and in pressing circumstances, one may be lenient.
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