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Why Do So Many Jewish Men have Beards? - Rabbi Yitzchak Botton

16K views · Jun 11, 2019

Rabbi Yitzchak Botton

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the question I get a lot is why do so many Jewish men have appears now in my opinion this question is linked really to to Jewish history tradition you know although there is a command not to destroy one's beard that non aesthetic would translate into having a full beard but if we appreciate the founding fathers of our religion for example Abraham Isaac and Jacob and all of the prophets and Jewish leadership throughout the ages so they understood

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  1. 0:04the question I get a lot is why do so many Jewish men have appears now…
  2. 0:35really in a much deeper sense the spiritual essence of creation and what man really represents…
  3. 1:06beard again the commandment is not to destroy a beard entirely but the men hug the…

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