Daily Halacha - Is it Permitted to Comb Children's Hair on Shabbat?
Practical guidance on caring for children before Shabbat ends, based on the rulings of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
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Is it permitted to bathe children and dress them in sleepwear before Shabbat ends?
If it is customary to bathe children at this time on weekdays as well, it is permitted, as long as there is no intention to make things easier for after Shabbat ends [Yalkut Yosef Siman 323].
Is it permitted to comb children's hair on Shabbat?
One should not use a comb on Shabbat, and similarly one should not braid or unbraid plaits on Shabbat as it appears like building and demolishing. Additionally, one should not apply hair creams to children's hair due to the prohibition of smoothing, however, using oil is permitted [Yalkut Yosef Siman 303].
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