Commentary for Moed Katan 27:17

מתיב ר' פנחס כל אלו שאמרו מותר לגלח במועד מותר לגלח בימי אבלו הא אסור לגלח במועד אסור לגלח בימי אבלו

during the festival [week] because there is no imprisonment<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the pre-natal state.');">²²</span> more real than this'. [That is, only 'if. born] during festival [week]' it may be done, but [if born] before then, it is [presumably] not allowed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since it could have been cut before the festival.');">²³</span> R'Phineas raised all objection: 'Every one of those mentioned [by the Sages] as being permitted to crop his hair during the festival [week] may [likewise] crop his hair during the [thirty]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So in Tosef. II, 2. I. e., if he suffered a second bereavement before the mourning days of the first expired. V. infra 17b.');">²⁴</span> days of his mourning';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 17b.');">²⁵</span> [which means conversely] that every one of those who is forbidden to crop his hair during the festival [week] is [likewise] forbidden to crop his hair during the [thirty]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 83, n. 9.');">²⁶</span> days of his mourning.

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