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to [the hairline] behind his ear and to [the hairline of] ונזא ירוחאל ויעדצ הושמה הז ושאר ףוס והזיאו
his forehead,” he [Rivan] wrote: “Behind his ears there וחצמב ךכו םולכ רעש ןיא ונזא ירוחא בתכ ותחדפלו
is no hair at all, and similarly on his forehead, there is םאו רעש שי עצמאבש ויעדצב לבא םולכ רעש ןיא
no hair at all. But his temples in the middle do have
hair, and if one levels and removes all the hair on his ירוחא תדמל ויעדצבש רעשה לכ לטונו הושמ אוה
temples to the extent equal to that of behind his ears ןיאו אוה בר הז רועישו ל"כע שארה ףוס םוקמ והז ונזא
and his forehead; this is the place of the extremity of והימו עברא םע ןכש לכו תורעש םיעברא םע ךרע ול
the head.” Now this measurement is large, and there רועיש בחורל אלא ארועיש ביהי אל ם"במרהד רשפא
is no comparison with forty hairs [which is much הכרא רועישב אלא ירייא אל י"שרו הכראל אלו האפה
less], and certainly not four. However, perhaps the אלד עמשמ םוקמ לכמו ירייא אל הבחר רועישב לבא
Rambam is only referring to the width of the pe’ah ריישמד ןויכ אהד האפ לש הבחרמ תצק חלגל רסתימ
[i.e., the area] but not to the length [of the hairs], ותחדפלו ונזא ירוחאל ויעדצ הושמ וניא ירה תצקמ
and Rashi [i.e., the Rivan] is referring only to the הושמ אוה םאו בתכש י"שר ירבדמ ןכ קדקדל שי תצקו
length of the pe’ah, but is not referring to the width. ולטנב אקודד עמשמ 'וכו ויעדצבש רעשה לכ לטונו
In any event, it seems that there is no prohibition to
shave a small portion of the width of the pe’ah, for since בחורב ךחרכ לעו ירש ותצק לוטיל לבא רסאד אוה ולוכ
he leaves a little, he has not leveled his temples to be וניא ןיידע ותצק לוטיש יפ לע ףא אנווג יאהכבד ירייא
like behind his ear and his forehead. There is a slight ולוכ ונלטיש דע ותחדפלו ונזא ירוחאל ויעדצ הושמ
indication of this in the words of Rashi [i.e., Rivan] תצק חלגמ אוהשכד יריימ ךרואבד רמולו קוחדל שיו
who writes: “If one levels and removes all the hair on ותחדפלו ונזא ירוחאל ויעדצ הושמ וניא הטמלמ האפה
his temples,” implying that only if he removed all the :הלעמ דצמ חלגיש דע
hair would it be prohibited, but to remove part would
be permitted.And this must be referring to the width,
for only in this case if he were to remove part, he is still not levelling [the hair of] his temples to behind the ear and
his forehead, until it is all removed. One can explain with difficulty that it refers to the length, as if he removes
a small amount of the pe’ah below, he does not level [the hair of] his temples to that behind his ears and
forehead until he removes it from above.

The Smag also questions the Rambam based on a Tosefta that if one cuts off two hairs, he violates the
prohibition of cutting one’s pe’ot.

r Sefer Mitzvot Gadol (Smag), זנ ןיואל | לודג תווצמ רפס . 33
Negative Commandment 57 ,רועיש םימכח הל ונתנ אל עדצב ןיחינמש וז האיפו

[Concerning] this pe’ah that we leave by the temple, חיני אלש ונינקזמ ונלבקו ונעמש :השמ וניבר בתכו
the Sages did not give a measurement for it, and בשייתהל שיש ינא רמואו ,תורעש העבראמ תוחפ
Rabbeinu Moshe [Rambam] writes that we have שי )ד"ה ד"פ( תוכמד אתפסותב אינתד םושמ רבדב
heard and received from our elders that one may :ףיקמ םושמו ריזנ םושמ בייחו תורעש יתש שלות
not leave less than four hairs, and I say that this
matter must be considered carefully, for we have
learned in a Tosefta (Makkot 4:4) that “there is [a
case of] one who detaches two hairs and is liable
for [violating the transgression of] nazir [cutting
hair while a nazirite] and makif [rounding the pe’ot].”

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