[Avodah] halaqah

[Herbert Basser via Avodah]

Friendly amendment: When all else fails consult a dictionary-- where I found the root h-l-q both in hebrew and in arabic means "to make smooth" (no surprises here) and (surprise) a note after that indicating arabic h-l-q also applies to making the chin and the head smooth (hairless), i.e. "shaving".-- Not from the idea of rounding but from the idea of smoothing. Like in bereshit (27:11) esav was hairy and yaakov halaq.


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