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...sidecurls starts with Leviticus, 19:27: "Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard." The Talmud carefully enumerates the corners: two on each cheek, one on the chin. Yemenite Jews often shave their heads, but leave the sidecurls (peoth) untouched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Stamp of Judaism | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

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