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Don’t Be Weird Grow A Beard!!!
The One and Only Mo:
I have a beard, usually do, although I'm trying something Amish now, lol, where I shaved off my mustache.
Sefardic Panther:
Rabbi Yosef Haim (the Ben Ish Hai) –
The Lubavitcher Rebbe –
The Rabbi in the movie Pi (I don’t know if that beard was real or not but I wish my beard was like that. I think the Midrashim said that Nimrod’s beard was 4 feet long) –
I would post a picture of my own beard but it is not much to boast about. Its frizzy and will only grow at the edge of my face and my moustache is thin and whispy.
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
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--- Quote from: Kahane-Was-Right BT on December 03, 2009, 01:00:47 PM ---The "joy" of sporting a beard is not going to prompt them to love of Hashem, passion for Torah and keeping other misswoth.
This seems like a silly thread to make.
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My point is with a beard and payoth we can distance ourselves from goy culture and identify with Gedolim like the Ben Ish Hai and the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Are there any clean shaven Gedolim we can identify with?
--- Quote from: Kahane-Was-Right BT on December 03, 2009, 01:04:40 PM ---There is documented evidence that gentile kings of Yemen forced Jews to wear sidelocks to outwardly distinguish them from Muslims and so everyone will know they are Jewish by looking at them. That is why they called them "Simanim" (signs). It is not necessarily something they got from the Torah.
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Are you sure about that?
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Yes. I am sure that I read that, but I would have to look it up to bring a source, or at very least ask my Teymani friend, but the truth is, he himself may not know.
--- Quote ---The Torah says Samson had 7 locks of hair. I bet those locks were more like payoth than the dread locks sported by rasta masters.
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Last I checked, payoth are only in 2 places. It is always just one pair of payoth. That is really a weak way to bring proof as that is no proof at all. Samson had long hair, and that refers to the hair on his head. You cannot tell me that 3.2 locks were in the back, 1.8 locks in the front, plus 2 payoth. This is just strange speculation.
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
Look, it's nice to have a beard but one can also be well groomed and trimmed. That was the shita of the Slobodka yeshiva, to be presentable and professional looking, neat and trim, ironed shirt, etc. And today's "Hevron yeshiva" is known for its talmidim being rather clean cut, as it is technically the continuation of Slobodka.
And like I said there are far more important matters and more impactful Jewish things that Jewish people can experience to cultivate a love of God and Torah.
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
"The Alter" Rabbi Nosson Zvi Finkel surrounded by students in Hevron Yeshiva.
Also note the stylish bow-ties and non-black hats. Impressive indeed. (I'm not a hat expert so it may be those are similar styles to today just in different colors).
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