Payot

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Payot (Hebrew: ?????? ?; plural: pe'ot , peyot ;/b> , peyois , payois in Ashkenazi pronunciation, is the Hebrew word for sidelock or sidecurls. Payot is imposed by some men and boys in the Orthodox Jewish community based on interpretation of the Bible command to shave the "corner" of a person's head. Literally, peaah means "corner, side, edge". There are various payot styles between Haredi, Yemen, and Hasid Jews. Yemen Jews call their sidelock simonim ( ???????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????? as a distinguishing feature in the Yemeni society (distinguishing them from their non-Jewish neighbors).

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The Torah says, "You will not round pe'at ( ??????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? 27) The word pe'at is taken means the hair in front of the ear extends down the cheekbone, parallel to the nose (Talmud - Makkot 20a).Mahnah interprets the rule only applies to Thus it becomes a habit among certain circles to allow hair over the ears to grow, and hanging curls or curls According to Maimonides, shaving sidelock is a pagan practice There is much discussion in the halachic literature on the exact location of payot and the ways where their removal is prohibited.

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History

As kabbalistic teachings spread to the land of Slavonic, the habit of payot was received there. In 1845, the practice was banned in the Russian Empire. Crimean Karaite does not wear payot , and Crimean Tatars consequently call them as zulufs? Z ÃÆ'§ufutlar ("unpaid Jews"), to distinguish them from Krymchaks, referred to as zulufl? ÃÆ'§ufutlar ("Jew for a fee"). Many Hasid and Yemeni Jews have let their sidelocks grow very long. Some Haredi men grow sidelock, but make them short or tuck them behind the ears. Even among Jewish groups where men do not wear look, often, young boys wear it until around the age of bar mitzvah.

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Styles

The length and maintenance of payot varies widely among Jewish groups:

• The Belz Hasidim is careful not to cut payot ; On the contrary, they wrap sidelock around their ears as much as needed.
• Many of Breslov Hasidim wear long crooked keys as their Rabbi, Nachman of Breslov. However, others use their payot in different styles according to Rabbi Nachman's teachings that his followers should not have uniforms.
• Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidim's payot is unproven, but they exist. As long as there is hair around the ear and behind which can be removed, which is considered payot .
• Some Gerard Hasidim raised their sidelock from the temple and slipped it under their yarmulke. Others, especially in Israel, let them fall asleep.
• The Skver Hasidim rotates their sidelock into a powerful coil, and let it stand out in front of the ear.
• Some traditional Yemeni Jews are still using a distinctive long and thin key, often reaching the upper arm. The actual area where hair grows and where the small circle starts neat and tidy.

Most of the other Hasid groups wear their payot down and curl up.

Lithuanian Jews were less influenced by Kabbalistic practice, but still retained sidelock to some extent, in a small variety of styles:

• Lithuanian Jews often mutilate their betel, but leave a group of unbroken strands, and place them behind the ears; This style is most commonly found among yeshiva students, who sometimes remove the uncut strands as they have grown sideburns.
• Members Movement quickly brushes her hair straight down, usually reaching to the earlobe; sometimes, some sidelock is not cut, and is curled behind the ear.

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See also

• 613 mitzvot
• Shave in Judaism
• Upsherin

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia