Halocho #879 - Removing nails and hangnails on Shabbat

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 5771