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When Shavuos falls on Sunday night-Monday, one is not to get a haircut on Erev Shabbos, but only on Erev Shavuos.[1]

[1] Hagahos Chasam Sofer 493

May one smoke cigarettes on Yom Tov?[1]

Some Poskim[2] rule it is forbidden to do so, as it is not Shaveh Lekol Nefesh. Others[3] rule one may be lenient, as today it is Shaveh Lekol Nefesh.

[1] See Biur Halacha 511 “Ein”; Piskeiy Teshuvos 511:12-13

[2] Shearim Hametzuyanim Behalacha 98:19; Dinim Vehanhagos of Chazon Ish 19:5; Minchas Shlomo 2:10; 58:6; Divrei Yatziv Y.D. 2:214; Shevet Halevi 11:129; Koveitz Teshuvos if Rav Elyashiv 2:32; Yisa Yosef O.C. 1:112; Chut Shani Yom Tov 10; Mishnas Yosef 13:170; Minchas Asher 1:35; 36; Yad Sofer 36

[3] Igros Moshe O.C. 5:34; Even Yisrael Moadim ; Mara Dishamsa 189; Tzitz Eliezer 17:21; Chazon Ovadia Yom Tov 14; Teshuvos Vehanhagos 1:316; 4:115; Shraga Hameir 5:63; Rav Yaakov Bloy smoked on Yom Tova

May one smoke cigarettes on Yom Tov if doing so will erase the letters printed on the paper?[1]

Some Poskim[2] rule it is forbidden to do so. Others[3] rule one may be lenient.

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[1] See Piskeiy Teshuvos 511:12-13

[2] P”M 511 M”Z 2; Kesav Sofer 66; Kitzur SHU”A 98:32; Lev Chaim 2:100; See Nitei Gavriel 15:6

[3] Daas Torah 514:1; Maharshag 2:41-2; Yad sofer 33; Yabia Omer 5:39

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Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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