I was sick in bed with the virus for the past two and a half weeks leading up to Pesach, and unable to take a haircut. Today, is the first day BH I was able to get up and I really need a haircut badly. Can I take one before the end days of Yom Tov?

 

No.

 

It is a Mitzvah to have hair cut before every Yom Tov, so as not to enter into Yom Tov unkempt. The prohibition of haircutting on Chol Hamoed was instituted especially to compel people to receive a haircut prior to Yom Tov and not to postpone it.

This Halacha applies even if one had no opportunity to cut his hair before Yom Tov, such as if he was sick.

 

שו״ע או״ח תקלא, ג: אֲפִלּוּ אִם הָיָה אָנוּס וּמִפְּנֵי כָּךְ  לֹא גִּלַּח בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם טוֹב, אֵינוֹ מְגַלֵּחַ  בַּמּוֹעֵד, וְהוּא הַדִּין לְמִי שֶׁהָיָה חוֹלֶה וְנִתְרַפֵּא בַּמּוֹעֵד׃

 

 

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