When a girl is styling her hair can she make braids on shabbat.
Answer:
A girl is forbidden to either braid or unbraid her hair on Shabbos.
This falls under the category of Boneh (building). Any activity involving connecting individual items into one whole, might be prohibited as a derivative of Boneh.
Braiding one’s hair is Rabbinically prohibited because it is similar to an act of building. Loosening the braids is prohibited because it is similar to the Av Melacha called “Soser” (demolishing).
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