Reply To: Oichel Nefesh on Yom Tov

oomis:

1) There is no schita regarding hair. The problem would be with the towel. People use the mikve on Shabbos or Yom Tov – which gets hair just as wet as a shower.

2) Smoking certainly is tzoreich oichel nefesh – what else would it be? What you mean to say is what I said above – it is not a tzoirech that is shoveh l’chol adam.