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.   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׃     #7879

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I heard that some people are Makpid not to do a Poreis Mappah Umekadeh (Some say that there’s a Sakana involved), while I’ve seen others do it. Practically, what’s the Halacha/Minhag Chabad if one wants to do it the way the Alter Rebbe writes in רעא יא?

  There are numerous halachic complications involved with this practice (brachos, bentching etc.). For this and other reasons, the Rebbe stopped this practice. [Some Rabonim say that this was only due…

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I am now applying to jobs in the corporate environment and I would like to know what should be my position in negotiations with potential employers in terms of working on Chol Hamoed. Is it something I must present as days when I absolutely cannot work, or as days where I can be called on for only urgent projects, etc? 

  In general work on Chol Hamoed is forbidden. However, under certain circumstances work can be permitted. One such example is Davar Hoaved, work that if not done immediately will lead…

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