Comments on: How short can I cut my Peyot? https://kashrut.org/how-short-can-i-cut-my-peyot/ Keeping Kosher without all the pain Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:43:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Aaron Abadi https://kashrut.org/how-short-can-i-cut-my-peyot/#comment-3777 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:38:23 +0000 https://kashrut.org/?p=19172#comment-3777 According to the Rambam (Maimonides), the minimum requirement for peyot is to leave at least four hairs at the corner near the top of the ear. This means that technically, as long as there are at least four hairs remaining in that area, the halachic obligation is fulfilled. The length of those hairs are כדי לכוף ראשו לעקרו. Use your judgment.

As long as you are using an electric shaver or trimmer, you can zip it all off till four hairs from the top and/or cut it low that it like a 5-oclock shadow. This would be allowed

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