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# It is a mitzvah to take a hair cut on Erev Yom Tov or close to Yom Tov so that one's hair still looks nice.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 531:1 writes that it is a mitzvah to take a hair cut on Erev Yom Tov. Piskei Teshuvot quotes the Pri Megadim who says that as long as one cuts one's hair within 30 days of Yom Tov that is considered as though one's hair is cut and isn't too long. He concludes that it all depends on the time and place as to when one's hair is still considered short.</ref> It is always permitted to cut one's hair on Erev Yom Tov even after midday except for Erev Pesach when one shouldn't cut one's hair after midday, [[chatzot]].<ref>Mishna Brurah 531:1, Shulchan Aruch 468:1</ref>
# It is a mitzvah to take a hair cut on Erev Yom Tov or close to Yom Tov so that one's hair still looks nice.<ref>Shulchan Aruch O.C. 531:1 writes that it is a mitzvah to take a hair cut on Erev Yom Tov. Piskei Teshuvot quotes the Pri Megadim who says that as long as one cuts one's hair within 30 days of Yom Tov that is considered as though one's hair is cut and isn't too long. He concludes that it all depends on the time and place as to when one's hair is still considered short.</ref> It is always permitted to cut one's hair on Erev Yom Tov even after midday except for Erev Pesach when one shouldn't cut one's hair after midday, [[chatzot]].<ref>Mishna Brurah 531:1, Shulchan Aruch 468:1</ref>
# It's forbidden to make a festive meal on Erev [[Yom Tov]] which one wouldn't normally have during the week. <ref>Rama 529:1, Mishna Brurah 249:8 </ref>
# It's forbidden to make a festive meal on Erev [[Yom Tov]] which one wouldn't normally have during the week. <ref>Rama 529:1, Mishna Brurah 249:8 </ref>
# One shouldn't have a meal after the end of the eighth hour in the day just like on Erev [[Shabbat]]. When Shabbat falls out on Erev Yom Tov one should have Seudat Shelishit before the beginning of the ninth hour and if one didn't have it beforehand one can still have it but one should try to only eat a [[Kbeytzah]] of bread and not an elaborate meal to save an appetite for Yom Tov.<ref> Rama 529:1, Halacha Brurah 249:12 </ref> See [[Not eating on Erev Shabbat]].
# One shouldn't have a meal after the end of the ninth hour in the day just like on Erev [[Shabbat]]. When Shabbat falls out on Erev Yom Tov one should have Seudat Shelishit before the beginning of the tenth hour and if one didn't have it beforehand one can still have it but one should try to only eat a [[Kbeytzah]] of bread and not an elaborate meal to save an appetite for Yom Tov.<ref> Rama 529:1, Halacha Brurah 249:12 </ref> See [[Not eating on Erev Shabbat]].


==Kavod and Oneg Yom Tov==
==Kavod and Oneg Yom Tov==