![]() ![]() The Torah says, "you shall not round off the pe'ah of your head ( פְּאַת רֹאשְׁכֶם)". ![]() ![]() Even in some communities where payot are not customary among the men, young boys may grow them until the age of bar mitzvah. Some Haredi men grow sidelocks, but trim them or tuck them behind the ears. Many Hasidic and Teimani Jews let their sidelocks grow particularly long. Crimean Karaites did not wear payot, and the Crimean Tatars consequently referred to them as zulufsız çufutlar ("Jews without payot"), to distinguish them from the Krymchaks, referred to as zuluflı çufutlar ("Jews with payot"). In 1845, the practice was banned in the Russian Empire. As kabbalistic teachings spread into Slavonic lands, the custom of payot became accepted there. ![]()
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