[thereisone] Peyot – How Long?
- From: Gutman Locks <locks.gutman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thereisone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 06:31:41 +0300
*Peyot* – How Long?
*Peyot *refers to the hair between a Jewish man’s ears and his
forehead. Jewish men are commanded not to destroy or “round off” this hair.
[i] As in many areas of Torah there will be differ opinions of how we are
to fulfill this commandment. Some say not to cut them at all. Some say not
to allow them to grow long enough to intermingle with the beard. Almost all
hold that you can cut them with a scissor, but not a razor, and on and on.
The range of legal lengths of the *peyot* seems to be; at a minimum,
“just not shorter than the hair next to them,” or all the way up to, “never
cut them at all.”
What do I say the proper length should be? At the very minimum, do not
cut them shorter than the distance between the *peyot* and the bridge of
your nose.
The reason for this is if you find yourself walking down the street
and you are looking at something you would be better off not looking at the
“wind” can blow them into your eyes and… “Ow! Okay! Okay! I got the
message. Thank You.”
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[i] Leviticus 19:27
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