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A Cut Above. Keeping Haircuts Kosher

250 views · May 4, 2026

Rabbi Shay Tahan

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  1. 0:00So, Lag BaOmer and Lam BaOmer is when people take haircuts and are halachos of how…
  2. 1:00side of the ear where there's no hair over here behind the ear. Cutting off the…
  3. 2:34different opinions where that end of the ear located. One opinion is that it's right by…
  4. 4:08Um they leave that. Abnizin Garelli says that even if you want to be like that,…
  5. 5:39The Shulchan Aruch brings Lo Tiga Bo Yad Kol Oto Makom Lo Tiga Bo Yad. One…
  6. 7:10that we explained before you're not allowed to remove it in any way. You're not allowed…
  7. 8:11Now, how much of the hair you need to leave over here? You see, you have…
  8. 9:41opinion says that if you take scissors and you cut with them, that is the shiur…
  9. 11:12that the shiur is 6.3 l'chatchila, but even one that wants to do 3.2 mm, he's…
  10. 12:43use a razor to or blade to round the ear over here to make the haircut…

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