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Re: Shavers
« Reply #200 on: March 06, 2016, 03:32:34 PM »
just for the record, R' Dovid Feinstein and R' Belsky both assur braun type of shavers. R' forcheimer holds you  have to check it, and he was matir the bruan 760 shaver.
What's the reasoning why they would be assur, as long as the foil isn't too sharp, that it would cut a hair on its own.
I'm not c"v arguing on the afformenentioned rabbonim, I'm more curious to the source and legitimacy of the quote.

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #201 on: March 06, 2016, 03:35:37 PM »


What's the reasoning why they would be assur, as long as the foil isn't too sharp, that it would cut a hair on its own.
I'm not c"v arguing on the afformenentioned rabbonim, I'm more curious to the source and legitimacy of the quote.
Im in the process of asking someone who was very close to R belsky I'll hopefully have an answer soon

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #202 on: March 06, 2016, 03:39:19 PM »
What's the reasoning why they would be assur, as long as the foil isn't too sharp, that it would cut a hair on its own.
I'm not c"v arguing on the afformenentioned rabbonim, I'm more curious to the source and legitimacy of the quote.

When I asked R Belsky about lift and cut, he said you might as well take it out even though the actual technology doesn't work as advertised. It might be the same logic for foil shavers.

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #203 on: March 06, 2016, 03:41:55 PM »
When I asked R Belsky about lift and cut, he said you might as well take it out even though the actual technology doesn't work as advertised. It might be the same logic for foil shavers.
You are saying that R' Belsky held lift and cut was biikar muttar?

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #204 on: March 06, 2016, 03:46:42 PM »
You are saying that R' Belsky held lift and cut was biikar muttar?
Yes that's what he told me personally

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #205 on: March 06, 2016, 03:48:44 PM »
You are saying that R' Belsky held lift and cut was biikar muttar?

If you want to rely in the hazy memories of a random internet poster, then yes. All I will say with certainty is that he told me to take mine out.

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #206 on: March 06, 2016, 03:50:28 PM »
If you want to rely in the hazy memories of a random internet poster, then yes. All I will say with certainty is that he told me to take mine out.
I have a Braun i7 - I was just trying to clarify the statement  of a random internet poster.

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #207 on: March 06, 2016, 03:51:26 PM »
I have a Braun i7 - I was just trying to clarify the statement  of a random internet poster.
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Re: Shavers
« Reply #208 on: March 06, 2016, 06:59:46 PM »
What's the reasoning why they would be assur, as long as the foil isn't too sharp, that it would cut a hair on its own.
I'm not c"v arguing on the afformenentioned rabbonim, I'm more curious to the source and legitimacy of the quote.
If either the foil or blade are sharp enough to cut on their own it's a problem.  Braun traditionally has been. 

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #209 on: March 06, 2016, 07:58:28 PM »
Yes that's what he told me personally

I heard from Rabbi Bluth personally that it's mutar.  The issue is the sharpness of the blade, not the lift feature.

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #210 on: March 06, 2016, 08:06:26 PM »
If either the foil or blade are sharp enough to cut on their own it's a problem.  Braun traditionally has been.
I've had a few generations of Braun shavers and I've tested this with each one ... and it isn't true, the Braun foil doesn't cut on its own. I also use Panasonic shavers. In my experience, Braun shaves very well dry and Panasonic shaves very well wet. Haven't used a Norelco in about 15 years.

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #211 on: March 06, 2016, 08:17:17 PM »
I've had a few generations of Braun shavers and I've tested this with each one ... and it isn't true, the Braun foil doesn't cut on its own. I also use Panasonic shavers. In my experience, Braun shaves very well dry and Panasonic shaves very well wet. Haven't used a Norelco in about 15 years.
I understand.  What they're looking for is a degree of sharpness.  Every Rav has a different level,  but most base it on how the blade or foil feels to the touch,  without trying to shave with it.
What needs to be understood is that for many rabbonim the default status is assur until they're confident otherwise.  So it's not something you can necessarily disprove or prove,  nor is it particularly scientific.

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #212 on: March 06, 2016, 08:43:11 PM »
I understand.  What they're looking for is a degree of sharpness.  Every Rav has a different level,  but most base it on how the blade or foil feels to the touch,  without trying to shave with it.
What needs to be understood is that for many rabbonim the default status is assur until they're confident otherwise.  So it's not something you can necessarily disprove or prove,  nor is it particularly scientific.
I've brought 2 Braun 990's to Rabbi Forscheimer and both times he pulled a beard hair out of his drawer, stuck it through the foil, pulled it tight and tried to cut it with the foil.

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #213 on: March 06, 2016, 08:43:41 PM »
I've brought 2 Braun 990's to Rabbi Forscheimer and both times he pulled a beard hair out of his drawer, stuck it through the foil, pulled right and tried to cut it with the foil.
And?

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #214 on: March 06, 2016, 08:44:03 PM »
I've brought 2 Braun 990's to Rabbi Forscheimer and both times he pulled a beard hair out of his drawer, stuck it through the foil, pulled right and tried to cut it with the foil.
And that's why he's ok with Braun and others aren't,  as noted above.

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #215 on: March 06, 2016, 08:44:29 PM »
And?
I'm pretty sure he holds that each individual shaver must be inspected.

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #216 on: March 06, 2016, 10:56:49 PM »
Yes that's what he told me personally
+1, he gave the same psak to my father.

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #217 on: March 07, 2016, 09:25:40 PM »
You are saying that R' Belsky held lift and cut was biikar muttar?
He's not the only one. Quite a few including R" Heineman hold the same. It does not have to do with whether the hair is being liftd or not, it has to do with how sharp the blade/scissors is.
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Re: Shavers
« Reply #218 on: March 09, 2016, 03:38:37 PM »
That's a great price. I have this one, it's amazing.

How clean of a shave and how many times do you need to pass over an area to get all the stubborn hairs?

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Re: Shavers
« Reply #219 on: March 09, 2016, 07:27:27 PM »
How clean of a shave and how many times do you need to pass over an area to get all the stubborn hairs?
Very clean. Everyone is different, but i've gone through a bunch of norelcos, this one is in a league of it's own.
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