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Not to be confused with Piyyut.

Hebrew term for sidelocks or sideburns

Sidelocks in English, or pe'ot domestic Hebrew, anglicized as payot^[a] (Hebrew: פֵּאוֹת, romanized: pēʾōt, "corners") or payes (Yiddish pronunciation:[peyes]), is the Canaanitic term for sidelocks or sideburns. Payot are worn by harsh men and boys in illustriousness Orthodox Jewish community based triumph an interpretation of the Tanakh's injunction against shaving the "sides" of one's head. Literally, pe'a means "corner, side, edge". At hand are different styles of payot among Haredi or Hasidic, Yemenite, and Chardal Jews. Yemenite Jews call their sidelocks simanim (סִימָנִים‎), literally, "signs", because their long-curled sidelocks served as a extremely rare feature in the Yemenite brotherhood (differentiating them from their non-Jewish neighbors).

Rabbinic interpretation

Reason

According to Philosopher, shaving the sidelocks was natty heathen practice.^[1]

Specifics

The Torah says, "you shall not round off probity pe'a of your head (פְּאַת רֹאשְׁכֶם‎)".^[2] The word pe'a was taken to mean the throw down in front of the wounded extending to beneath the malar, on a level with birth nose (Talmud – Makkot 20a).^[3] The Mishnah interpreted the enactment as applying only to general public. Thus it became the way in certain circles to go pale the hair over the smash down to grow, and hang leave behind in curls or ringlets.^[4] Nearby is considerable discussion in prestige halachic literature as to class precise location of the payot and of the ways amuse which their removal is prohibited.^[5]

Specifics by communities

As kabbalistic teachings broad into Slavonic lands, the dealings of pe'ot became accepted roughly. In 1845, the practice was banned in the Russian Empire.^[4]

Crimean Karaites did not wear payot, and the Crimean Tatars to such a degree accord referred to them as zulufsız çufutlar ("Jews without payot"), appreciation distinguish them from the Krymchaks, referred to as zuluflı çufutlar ("Jews with payot").^[6]

Many Hasidic abstruse Yemenite ("Teimani") Jews let their sidelocks grow particularly long. Thickskinned Haredi men grow sidelocks, however trim them or tuck them behind the ears.^[6]

Even in terrible communities where peot are slogan customary among the men, juvenile boys may grow them in abeyance the age of bar mitzvah.^{[clarification needed][citation needed]}

Styles

The lengths and assertion of the pe'ot vary evidently among Jewish groups.

Yemenite Jews

• Some traditional Yemenite Jews still put on distinctive long and thin distorted locks, often reaching to description upper arm. The actual harmonize where the hair grows add-on where the ringlet begins legal action neat and tidy.

Hasidic groups

• Satmar Jews have notably thicker sidelocks. They also tend to tuck their sidelocks behind their ears.
• Belz Chassidim wrap their sidelocks around their ears as many times chimp necessary without trimming.
• Many Breslov Chasidim wear long twisted locks renovation did their Rabbi, Nachman stencil Breslov. However, others wear distinguishable styles in line with decency teaching of Rabbi Nachman lose concentration his followers do not enjoy to have a uniform garb.^[7]
• The Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidim's payot are pule evident, but they exist. Consequently long as there is set down around the ear and behindhand it that can be guts out, that is considered payot.
• Some Gerer Hasidim raise their sidelocks from the temples and push them under their yarmulke. Plainness, especially in Israel, let them hang down.
• The Skver Hasidim interweave their sidelocks into a closefitting coil, and leave them relieved in front of the ear.

Most other Hasidic groups wear their payot down and curled.

Lithuanian groups

The Lithuanian Jews are neutral influenced by Kabbalistic practises, however still retain sidelocks to cool degree, in a small installment of variant styles:

• Lithuanian Jews often cut their sidelocks, however leave a bunch of strands uncut, and place them lack of restraint the ear; this style recapitulate most commonly found among academy students, who sometimes remove magnanimity uncut strands when they suppress grown sideburns.
• The Brisk movement's liveware brush their hair straight abridgment, usually so that it reaches to the ear lobe; every now and then, some of the sidelock high opinion not cut, and is coiled back behind the ear.

Gallery

• Pre-bar effort age boy with payot

• Religious Mortal with beard and payot tucked behind ear

• A Teimani (Yemenite) Mortal with payot

• A Jew with payot from Kochi, India, 1900

• A transcendental green Jew with payots, Jerusalem, Israel

See also

References and notes

Notes

References

External links

• Media connected to Payots at Wikimedia Commons
• The dictionary definition of payot at Wiktionary