Is it permitted to get a haircut or enter a bathhouse before Shacharit?
Synopsis
The Mechaber permits haircuts and bathhouse visits before Shacharit. The Sages only decreed a prohibition close to Mincha time since that is when such activities commonly occur, not before Shacharit.
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