Torah and Jewish Idea > Torah and Jewish Idea
On clothing, "peyos" and language.
muman613:
Chabad Rabbi's Hair
Breslov Rabbi's Hair
And it seems to me this entire thread has been 'trollish'...
You stated it is not a mitzvot to grow peyot.... Rambam seems to differ in opinion..
muman613:
KWRBT,
I only respond in a harsh tone when it seems to me you are speaking to me in a harsh tone. In my opinion you take things I write as a personal affront to you and your understanding. I certainly don't have any animosity towards you, and if I ever do it dissipates quickly.
It is one thing to say that there are differences of opinions concerning the length to grow your side-curls... It is entirely another mater to imply that doing so (growing them long) is imitating idolatrous practices...
muman613:
Also regarding the 'black hat' dress... I don't know any commandment which Chabad or any other Chassidic sect claims as a basis for it. I know Chabad doesn't require those who join Chabad to dress that way. It is a personal choice of those who want to represent Chabad. They do not claim it is a commandment, only a Chassidic custom. Thus I don't think it is something to be worried about. I don't dress 'chabad style' myself.
Jews are diverse people. In my minyan we have all kinds, Chassidic Ashkenazim, Egyptian Sephardim, Persian Mizrachim, and others... I don't have any problem sitting next to a man who is davening from a Sephardic siddur while I am davening from a Artscroll Ashkenaz siddur... I realize that we all have unique customs and we all bring good to the Jewish people.
Kahane-Was-Right BT:
I found this pretty easily. I wasn't going to post stuff like this, but you asked for it.
http://www.touregypt.net/egypt-info/magazine-mag07012000-mag4.htm
From within the article
"By the time of the New Kingdom, styles had become more sophisticated. Both sexes wore their hair longer. Flowers and ribbons were now used to decorate women's hair. One popular Upper Egyptian women's hairstyle was a closely shaven head with the exception of a few tufts of curls, a hair-do identified at the time as Nubian and still identified with that ethnic group.
Throughout, a distinctive hairstyle was reserved for children. The head was shaved completely with one long strand left on the side of the head, the so-called "sidelock of youth." This "s" shaped side lock served as the hieroglyphic symbol for child or youth. This style was worn by both girls and boys until the advent of puberty.
...An example of this style can be seen in images of the god Harpocrates, who is depicted with the distinctive sidelock, his finger to his lips, an Egyptian gesture indicating extreme youth, which was misunderstood by Greek interpreters who took it to mean silence or secrecy. The sidelock can also be viewed in the many depictions of the daughters of Akhenaton and Nefertiti; their hairstyles indicate their evolving age and inform us of the passage of time.
...
This hairstyle is generally accepted as solely indicating age. However, another insight may perhaps be gleaned from a hairstyle still current amongst some modern tribal African groups. Even today in traditional African societies, the appearance of one's hair can be used to create a social announcement. Some hair-do's for instance are reserved for married women or for women who have borne sons. The heads of small children are often shaved with one or more tufts remaining, similar to the Egyptian sidelock. The tuft is dedicated to a saint and exactly where the specific tuft is left indicates which saint has been invoked for the protection of the child. One can literally read the anxieties of the parent upon the child's head.
Very little in ancient Egypt seems random or at least not well thought out; hairstyles also can be interpreted for political significance. Joyce Tyldesley's biography, "Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen" (Viking Books, 1999) analyzes the variety of that queen's hairstyles and how they indicate her shifting political role"
Yikes.
muman613:
Those you mention are clearly not Peyot, the hairs on the side of the head, which are in front of the ears.
The single braid from the center of the head is a different style, and not similar to peyot...
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version