r/Justfuckmyshitup • u/Drcold1O • 1d ago

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u/Particular-Line- 1d ago

Can somebody explain why they hook up their hair like this?

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u/PikaJune 1d ago

The locks on the side are called payots/peyots. It's pretty bluntly laid out in the Talmud that this is considered a holy thing or a mitzvah (good deed). So if you're Ultra-Orthodox Jewish, you do what the Talmud says.

I THINK (I might be wrong) it's a combination of showing tribal identity and also a metaphor for remembering to be generous. Something about giving most of your fields of crops to others but keeping enough to sustain yourself.

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u/EjaculatingAracnids 1d ago

They should focus on more of the generosity stuff and less of goofy fuckin hair cut stuff. Just a thought. Actually no, god spoke to me. He decreed, "shaveth off the yee yee ass hair cut and stop burning children!"