Q&A: Question about sideburns
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Question about sideburns
Question
Hello,
Is it permitted to shave with a clipper set to 0 in the 2 places shown in the picture (the area in the triangle and the area in the rectangle)?
Thank you very much
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Answer
I’m not familiar with this issue (I don’t know what 0 or 2 means. Is a machine set to 0 like a razor? It seems to me there are disputes about that, and it also depends on which machine we’re talking about). In any case, the accepted practice is that one should leave the hair down to the cheekbone.
Discussion on Answer
It seems to me that this book is very stringent.
Here you can get all the answers on the matter, including pictures
https://www.hebrewbooks.org/53467