During a Melaveh Malka presided over by the Bobov-45 Rebbe on Motzoei Shabbos at his bais medrash in the Boro Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, the Rebbe addressed a growing trend among chassidishe bochurim who are allowing their peyos to grow excessively long. He urged them to trim their peyos.
The Rebbe shared stories in honor of the yahrtzeit of the Rebbe of Shinova, the Divrei Yechezkel, and mentioned that recently, he had noticed that some young men were letting their hair grow in a manner that contradicts the longstanding customs followed in the chassidic world.
The Rebbe acknowledged that there were indeed great tzaddikim who never cut their hair, but he emphasized that we do not question their practices. However, he pointed out that there has been a clear tradition in the Chassidus regarding the proper length of peyos.
He urged the young men to maintain this tradition, as he had seen in his own grandfather, the Bobover Rebbe zt”l, who was very meticulous about the matter. The Rebbe explained to the young men that the peyos should reach exactly to the middle of the chin, neither too long nor too short, and he demonstrated the proper length to them.
{Matzav.com}
Important to note that this is only for this Rebbe’s chasidim. He is not referring to other chasidisim and never gets involved in that
Have all other issues have been addressed and we are able to focus on the length of peyos!
Or, is this similar to Gulliani idea, of disallowing minor trouble such as littering and hoping to affect more severe forms of lawlessness?
finally someone is speaking out about this
But… WHY
He was saying that long hair and long peyos are ‘shoreh dinim’.
The Taz writes that peiyos that come past the chin are bloyrios and forbidden l’halacha.
Whats the point of this? Whats next? Then he will say not to get such high shtreimels?
Why is this newsworthy?
Because smartphones are assur.
Does this also apply to people who write in Hymishe magazines?
I’m so relieved this is finally getting the attention this deserves.
Why the negative comments? What’s the point?
It’s a shame that some people need to always find the negative in any comments a Rav/Rebbe make. These great Yieden think things through before speaking. We must respect Rabbonim/Rebbehs etc, and show the next generation too that we are guided by them, each one to his own leader to whom he follows/trusts.One of the main causes why we tend to speak about others is because we are not truly happy with ourselves. Focus on the good in others and help us greet Moshiach together B’LEV ECHED soon in our days, and this can only be if we love our fellow yied, no matter how he/she dresses/conducts themselves, We are commanded to judge each Yied favourably. Hatzlocha!
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