Sidelocks

Charedi with sidelocks

Sidelocks ( Hebrew : Peot , literally corners , in Ashkenazi pronunciation: Pejës , Pajes or Pajess even Beikeles or Bejkeles ) are after the Halacha of Jewish men to wear. Wearing sidelocks and a beard goes back to a commandment of the Torah :

"You shouldn't cut your head hair all around."

- Leviticus 19.27  EU

Many Orthodox Jews , especially Hasidim , adhere to this. The length of the hair is not specified in the Halacha, but varies according to the customs of the respective countries.

Web links

Commons : Payots  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Temporal curl  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German-Austrian on ostarrichi.org
2. ↑ Alfred J. Kolatch: Understanding the Jewish World . 1st edition. Fourier, Wiesbaden 1996, ISBN 3-925037-68-3 , p. 140 .
3. ^ Julius H. Schöps : New Lexicon of Judaism . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2000, ISBN 3-579-02305-5 , p. 646 .