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===Explanation of the prohibition=== | ===Explanation of the prohibition=== | ||
# The first is a command not to round the corners of one’s head which the Torah calls Peot HaRosh. The two areas that this prohibition includes is one on the left side of the head and on the right. <Ref> Mishna Macot 20a and Rashi there D”H Chayav</ref> | # The first is a command not to round the corners of one’s head which the Torah calls Peot HaRosh. The two areas that this prohibition includes is one on the left side of the head and on the right. <Ref> Mishna Macot 20a and Rashi there D”H Chayav</ref> | ||
# The prohibition is defined as cutting the hair that grows in front of one’s ear between one’s forehead and the area behind the ear. <Ref> Gemara Macot 20b | # The prohibition is defined as cutting the hair that grows in front of one’s ear between one’s forehead and the area behind the ear all the way to the skin.<Ref> Gemara Macot 20b; see Rashi there("hamashve"), and Kiddushin 35b for Rashi's comment on "hakafat harosh". </ref> | ||
# | # Women aren't obligated in the prohibition of Hakafat HaRosh. <Ref>Kiddushin 29a, S”A Y”D 181:6 </ref> | ||
===What is forbidden?=== | ===What is forbidden?=== | ||
# It’s forbidden to cut the Peot HaRosh with a razor all the way to the skin. <Ref>See Tur and S”A 181:1. </ref> | # It’s forbidden to cut the Peot HaRosh with a razor all the way to the skin. <Ref>See Tur and S”A 181:1. </ref> | ||
