- Shaving
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- Moshe Ben-Chaim
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- Shaving with a blade is prohibited on the parts of the body which
idolaters used to cut themselves as mourning signs. Judaism at its
foundation opposes idolatry in any fashion , thereby maintaining its
position in monotheism, and the Creator. We abstain from doing acts
which produce the result of cuts on the face similar to the idolaters.
This only applies to the sideburn areas, the jaw bone area, and the
chin area, as this is where the idolaters would cut themselves. Under
the jaw line and the entire neck are permissible, as is the rest of
the body.
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