<div>RHM writes:</div>
<div>>> But over the last few decades, it has increasingly become the custom for non Chasidic Charedi Bachurim to grow out their peyos, trim them, and put them behind their ears.</div>
<div> Is there a halachic basis for that? <<</div>
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<div>I suggested a while back on the "Yeshivishe Payos" thread that the basis for this was the interpretation of the Aruch and the Rashba (along with other Rishonim) to the Gemara in Berachos regarding "Zakancha Megudal", that growing a long beard was a way of counteracting those who took it off entirely. Same would apply to long Peyos.</div>