<h3 id="how-much-hair-is-forbidden-to-be-removed-from-the-peyos-area">How much hair is forbidden to be removed from the Peyos area?</h3>
Some Poskim<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1">[1]</a> 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<a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2">[2]</a>, 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.<a href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3">[3]</a>
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<a href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> Rambam Hilchos Avoda Zara 12:6; Ishus 2:16; Chinuch Mitzvah 251, L.S. 31; See Chasam Sofer Y.D. 139
<a href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2">[2]</a> Beis Yosef 181; Semag L.S. 57; Tosefta Makos 4:4; See Bach 181
<a href="#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3">[3]</a> Setimas HaMichaber in 181:9 who writes”Lo Siga Bo Yad”; Biur Hagr”a ibid that he holds like Semag

Shulchan Aruch HaRav | How much hair is forbidden to be removed from the Peyos area?

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