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r Beit HaBechira of the Meiri, | )יריאמ( הריחבה תיב . 22
Masechet Makkot 13a .גי תוכמ תכסמ

Regarding the corner of the head, one is liable twice, once for ןאכמ תחא םיתש שארה לע בייח האפ ןינעלו
this [side] and once for that [side], meaning one temple on אעדיצו ןאכמ תחא אעדיצ ל"ר ןאכמ תחאו
this side and one temple on that side. [These are] the points םצע םהב רבחתמש תומוקמ ןאכמ תחא
where the bone of the skull, where there is hair, connects to ובש ןוילעה יחלה םע רעשה ובש תלוגלגה
the upper jaw, where the face and ears are. [These points are] םינזאה לעש תוטילבה םהש םינזאהו םינפה
the protrusions on the ears, and this is [what the Talmud תצקש ונזא ירוחאל ויעדצ הושמ ןינע אוהו
means by] “evening the temples behind his ears,” as there is
no hair on some of the forehead and behind the ear, and in תועצמאבו רעש וב ןיא ןזאה ירחאו חצמה
between them is the hair called a temple, and he shaves it and האריישלופ ז"עלבו אעדצ יורקה רעש םהיניבש
evens his temples behind his ears. .ונזא ירוחאל ויעדצ הושמו החלגמ אוהו

The second approach is taken by the Rivan that the pe’ot extend until the location where the earlobe is no
longer attached to the cheek (see illustration).

r Rivan, Masechet Makkot 20a .כ תוכמ תכסמ | ן"ביר . 23
Two on this side – There are five pe’ot of the ןקזל ול שי תואפ שמח – ןאכמ םיתש
beard. One of them is [the point] below the ear יחלש םוקמ ןזואה ןמ הטמל דחא
where the lower jawbone juts out and separates ארקנ םשו םש דרפתמו אצוי ןותחתה
there, and that is called the pe’ah at the edge of the ץוחל טלובש יחל לש ודוחב האפ
jaw, which protrudes outward, as that is where הלעמלש המ לכו ןקזה תלחתמ םשש
the beard begins, and everything above that until .איה שארה תאפ ללכב אעדיצה דע
the temple is included in the pe’ot of the head.

The Shulchan Aruch appears to rule in accordance with the second opinion that the pe’ot harosh extend until
where the earlobe separates from the jawbone. Nevertheless, Rav Meir Arik argues that according to Torah
law, the halacha is in accordance with the first approach, and the Shulchan Aruch was stringent on a rabbinic
level. He adds that when the Shulchan Aruch says one must leave “until below the ear,” he means only until
the beginning of the earlobe.

a Shulchan Aruch, Yoreh Deah 181:9 ט:אפק ד״וי | ע״וש . 24
The measurement of the pe’ah is from the hair opposite his דעו ותחדפ לעש רעש דגנכמ האפה רועיש
temple until below the ear, the place where the lower jawbone אצוי ןותחתה יחלהש םוקמ ,ןזואה ןמ הטמל
protrudes and separates. The width of this entire area should .די וב עגת אל הז םוקמ בחור לכו ,םש דרפתמו
not be touched by any hand [i.e., not cut].

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