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I am an Avel and would like to know if I may I cut my nails during Shloshim? They are bothering me.

You may not cut them with a with a vessel [i.e. knife or scissor or nail clipper]. You may do so however using hands or teeth. Thus, if it is really bothering you, you can begin the cutting with the use of a nail clipper, and then remove it using your finger.

11. Cutting nails during Shloshim – Shulchanaruchharav.com

May one celebrate valentines day?

It is not befitting, and is questionably forbidden, to commemorate or celebrate Valentine’s Day both due to its paganist and Christian roots, as well as due to its content. One who desires to give his wife a gift or a card or chocolate can find any other day of the year to do so. Nonetheless, one does not have to go out of his way to make sure to not give a gift or card or chocolate to his wife on February 14 just because it’s Valentine’s Day, and if that’s the day that he happened to have a gift for her then he may give it to her.

A full article will IYH feature soon on this subject!