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Sep 6, 2020 · Many Orthodox Jews are known for wearing a beard. The reason for the beard is as follows: there are regulations on how a man may shave his facial hair. Most Orthodox Jews will not use a razor to shave - instead they will use an electric shaving device. Other Hasidic Jews go further with this and they do not shave at all.
Jun 4, 2018 · Jewish men wearing payes is a pretty straightforward Biblical obligation. Actually, it’s a prohibition as Leviticus 19:27 tells us, “Do not round the corners of your head…,” which prohibits removing the hair that grows in this spot. While most prohibitions apply equally both to men and to women, this particular prohibition applies to ...
Payot. Sidelocks in English, or pe'ot in Hebrew, anglicized as payot [a] ( Hebrew: פֵּאוֹת, romanized : pēʾōt, "corners") or payes ( Yiddish pronunciation: [peyes] ), is the Hebrew term for sidelocks or sideburns. Payot are worn by some men and boys in the Orthodox Jewish community based on an interpretation of the Tanakh 's ...
- Avodath Kokhavim 12:6
- Yoreh Deah 181
Jan 23, 2020 · Wearing your natural curls is an act of Jewish resistance. For centuries, anti-Semites have used tedious racist tropes — be it hooked noses or traditional garb — to label Jews as grotesque, constructing a particular “Jewish” appearance in an attempt to otherize and oppress Jews. An all-too-personal reminder of this demonization occurred ...
27 Comments. The Beard. Practical Parshah—Kedoshim. Watch (1:06:59) 10 Comments. Why Do Hasidic Jews Grow Long Side-Locks? Listen (17:03) 1 Comment. Kitzur Chapter 168:6 - 171:1. Prohibition of Tattoos, Cutting the skin for a dead person, and Shaving the hair of the temples and the beard. Listen (9:16)
Jan 15, 2021 · I’ve Finally Learned to Love My Jewish Curls. By Dana Sussman Jan 15, 2021. As a white, Ashkenazi Jewish girl growing up in the ’80s and ’90s on Long Island, straight hair was always the goal. Unfortunately, it was always just slightly out of reach. Of course, in my suburb, there was no shortage of salons offering blowouts as well as semi ...
Feb 5, 2009 · Much to the rabbis' chagrin, however, some Jews would razor-shave all of the hair in this area, or at best, leave a singular string of hair (Tashbetz 3:501). A number of rabbis condemned this ...
