One may not cut off hangnails on Shabbat; not with an instrument, nor by hand and not even by biting it off.
(Hangnail: A small piece of dead skin at the side or the base of a fingernail that is partly detached from the rest of the skin.)
One may not cut nails on Shabbat. If a nail is partly disconnected it may not be detached on Shabbat.
If a nail is almost completely detached - and will eventually fall off - and it's causing discomfort, one can remove it by hand but not with an instrument.
Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 80:55
Shabbat Shalom
- Danny
Thursday, 2 Elul 5770
Please daven for the complete recovery of
Sara bat Hodda
who will be going for a bone marrow transplant today
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