How much hair is forbidden to be removed from the Peyos area?
Some Poskim[1] rule that it is permitted for one to remove hair from the Peyos area so long as 40 hairs remain in the area. Other Poskim[2], however, rule that one is biblically liable if he removes even two hairs from anywhere in the Peyos area. Practically, it is forbidden to remove even one hair from this area.[3]
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[1] Rambam Hilchos Avoda Zara 12:6; Ishus 2:16; Chinuch Mitzvah 251, L.S. 31; See Chasam Sofer Y.D. 139
[2] Beis Yosef 181; Semag L.S. 57; Tosefta Makos 4:4; See Bach 181
[3] Setimas HaMichaber in 181:9 who writes”Lo Siga Bo Yad”; Biur Hagr”a ibid that he holds like Semag
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