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Question
Is it permitted to shave before Shabbat during the three weeks? Does the Halacha become more stringent during the nine days?
Answer
The Ashkenazi custom is not to have hair cuts or shave from the seventeenth of Tamuz until after Tisha Bav, including Fridays. (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 122, 2)
The Sephardi custom is not to have hair cuts or shave from the Sunday of the week of Tisha Bav. (Shulchan Aruch 551, 3)
From Rosh Chodesh Av things do become stricter (for all details see Shulchan Aruch 551)
Planting during the three weeks
Various Rabbis | 11 Tamuz 5767
Women Shaving During Three Weeks
Rabbi Gideon Weitzman | 24 Tammuz 5764
A pregnant woman on the 17th of Tammuz
Various Rabbis | Tammuz 17, 5768
