Pashuta Yid, finally somebody got it right. Chol Hamoed is not sefira or the 3 weeks. It’s a time of simcha, yomtov. Chazal wanted us to look nice and as was said, the concept of not shaving during chol hamoed is so that you don’t push it off and go into yomtov looking like a slob. Obviously you’ll rarely get a hetter from a chasidic rabbinical source. The Soloveitchik brothers, although great talmidei chachomim, were not chasidic, as Rav Moshe wasn’t either. But it should be noted who their oilam is. They weren’t talking to chasidim.
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