Halocho #1892 - 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 5777

צִיצִין שֶׁהֵן כְּמִין רְצוּעוֹת דַּקּוֹת שֶׁפֵּרְשׂוּ מֵעוֹר הָאֶצְבַּע סְבִיב הַצִּפֹּרֶן, אָסוּר לְהָסִירָן, בֵּין בִּכְלִי בֵּין בְּיָּד בֵּין בְּשִּׁנַּיִם

 וְצִפֹּרֶן שְׁנִפְּרַשׁ רֻבּוֹ וּקָרוֹב לְהִנָּתֵק וּמְצַעֲרוֹ, מֻתָּר לְהֲסִירוֹ בְּיָּד, אֲבָל לֹא בִּכְלִי. וְאִם לֹא פֵּרַשׁ רֻבּוֹ, אָסוּר לַהֲסִירוֹ אֲפִלּוּ בְּיָּד