<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">In Avodah Digest V24</font><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">#</font><font size=2 face="sans-serif">101,
<</font><tt><font size=2>RallisW@aol.com</font></tt><font size=2 face="sans-serif">>
asked:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> </font><tt><font size=2>Where exactly
are the corners of the <br>
beard according to most poskim? </font></tt><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><</font>
<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">I've seen mention made[1]
of a pair of points by the ears, the pair of points where the jawbone connects
with the skull, and the chin. The Tur[2] noted a few main opinions
(Rabbeinu Chananeil disagreeing with RaShY as well as a 3rd opinion which
located four points solely based on the jawbone) and then quoted his father,
Rabbeinu Asher, that a "y'rei Shamayim [should be] yotzei y'dei chulam."
The SA[3] and KSA[4] wrote that there were a multitude of opinions
re the precise location of these "peios." R'Yisrael Rosen
is quoted[5] as saying, "The prohibition of shaving applies to five
parts of the face. It is difficult to identify the exact location of these
five places. We are, therefore, stringent about the matter and relate to
the entire beard as 'corners of the beard' that may not be removed with
a razor, with the exception of the mustache, which is definitely not a
corner of the beard."</font>
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<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">All the best from</font>
<br><font size=4 color=blue face="Monotype Corsiva">Michael Poppers</font><font size=4 color=blue face="Verdana">
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</font><font size=4 color=blue face="EngraversGothic BT">Elizabeth, NJ,
USA</font>
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<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">[1] see RaShY on BT Makkos
21a, d'h' bei pirqa d'reisha and bei pirqa d'diqna; re the same sugya,
also see RaN d'h' bei pirqa reisha and bei pirqa diqna</font>
<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">[2] YD 181 -- see </font><a href=http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/books/djvu/1936035/index.djvu><font size=2 color=#800000 face="Verdana">http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/books/djvu/1936035/index.djvu</font><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">,
pp.206-207</font></a>
<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">[3] YD 181:11, and esp. see
TaZ s'q' 4 and GRA s'q' 18</font>
<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">[4] 170:2 (parenthetically,
RShG doesn't exclude the mustache/upper lip -- see </font><a href="http://www.kitzur.net/main.php?nk=1&siman=170"><font size=2 color=#008000 face="Verdana">http://www.kitzur.net/main.php?nk=1&siman=170
</font><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">-- but IMHO this is difficult
in view of what the Tur writes at the end of 181 in the name of RaMBaM)</font></a>
<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">[5] </font><a href="http://www.vbm-torah.org/archive/halak65/11halak.htm"><font size=2 color=#800000 face="Verdana">http://www.vbm-torah.org/archive/halak65/11halak.htm</font></a>