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a Bach, Yoreh Deah 181 אפק ד״וי | ח"ב . 37

The explanation of his words [the Smag] is as follows: If it is רועיש שיד אתיא יאד וירבד שוריפ
true that there is a measurement [that must be left of the pe’ot, השק ןכ םא ם"במרה בתכש ומכ האיפל
in which case one is not liable] for the pe’ah as the Rambam עדצה ןמ תורעש יתש שלותבד יאדו אה
writes, that is difficult, for certainly if one cut two hairs from תורעש יתש שלותב בייחש ומכ בייח וניא
the temple, one would not be liable as one who cuts two hairs יריימד רמול ךירצ יאדו אלא …תבשב
on Shabbat… Rather, it must be that it [the Tosefta] is referring אלא חינה אלו תורעשה לכ הלחת חלגמב
to where he shaved all the hair off and only left the minimum
measurement of hair, and he says about this it was said that if he םאד רמאקו דבלב האיפ לש רועישה
cuts two of the hairs that remain, he would be liable. And now רועישה ןמ תורעש יתש ךכ רחא שלות
this needs to be resolved, for if the Rambam is correct that םאד בשייתהל ךירצ אתשהו בייח חינהש
the measurement of the pe’ah is four hairs, why is it stated that איה תחאה האיפה רועישד ם"במרה תעדכ
if he cut two hairs he would be liable? Surely even if he pulled שלותבד רמא המל ןכ םא תורעש עברא
one hair he would be liable, since the minimum measurement שלותב וליפא אלה בייח תורעש יתש
that must remain no longer exists. And if you say that if he pulled ראשנ אלד ןויכ בייח ימנ עבראה ןמ תחא
one hair he is exempt since three hairs remain, if so then from התא םאו חינהל ךירצש האיפ רועיש
the outset let the measurement be three hairs. Rather, we must וראשנש ןויכ רוטפ 'א רעש שלותבד רמוא
say that the Sages didn’t give a measurement for the amount 'גב יגסיל ימנ הלחתכל ןכ םא תורעש 'ג
of [remaining] hairs [as opposed to the Rambam who holds]
there is a measurement. Rather, one must leave all the hairs םוש םימכח ונתנ אלד יאדו אלא תורעש
that grew in the area of the pe’ah both in width and in length. רועיש שיד ם"במרהכ אלד האיפל רועיש
Therefore, if one cut two hairs, one is liable for transgressing “do ולדגש תורעשה לכ חינהל ךירצ אלא רבדל
not round.” This is the opinion of the Smag without a doubt, שלת םא ןכלו בחורבו ךרואב האיפה םוקמב
and [although] the Beit Yosef questioned the Smag, there is איה ךכ ופיקת לב םושמ בייח תורעש יתש
no difficulty at all. השקוה ףסוי תיבהו קפס ןיאב ג"מסה תעד
:ידימ אישק אלו ג"מסה ירבד ול

According to the Rema and the Bach, the Smag holds that there is no measurement, and his ruling is that it is
forbidden to cut any two hairs of the pe’ot.
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The Tashbetz suggests that the measurement of forty hairs may come from the calculation of the amount
of hairs found in the measurement of a gris, which is half of the size of a type of bean, and its size is the
minimum size of a mark of tzara’at (leprosy) that renders a person impure, as well as the minimum size of a
stain of menstrual blood that renders a woman impure as a nidda (menstrual cycle).

r Responsa of the Tashbetz 2:100 ק:ב | ץ"בשת ת"וש . 38
And some wrote [about the Rambam’s opinion] that it needs יתנייע ינאו ע"צו וילע בתכש ימ שיו
further study. But I researched it further and it seems to me that הז רבד ודמל םינקזהש יל המודמכו הזב
the elders derived this from the measurement of pulling one hair ןכו ):כ( תוכמ 'סמב 'ירמאד החרק רועישמ
out [as a sign of mourning] mentioned in Masechet Makkot (20b). …סירגכ איהש )ו"טה םש( ל"ז ברה קספ

4. The Tashbetz writes (elsewhere in the same responsum) that he believes the correct text of the Rambam is a measurement of forty hairs, and he
offers his suggestion of the source using this assumption.

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