Payots, often anglicized as pe'ot (Hebrew: פֵּאוֹת, romanized: pēʾōt, lit. 'corners') or payes (Yiddish: פּאות, romanized: pejəs), are sidelocks or sideburns. Pe'ot are worn by some male adherents of Orthodox Judaism based on an interpretation of the Tanakhic injunction—in Leviticus 19:27—against shaving the "sides" of one's head.
Payots, often anglicized as pe'ot (Hebrew: פֵּאוֹת, romanized: pēʾōt, lit. 'corners') or payes (Yiddish: פּאות, romanized: pejəs), are sidelocks or sideburns. Pe'ot are worn by some male adherents of Orthodox Judaism based on an interpretation of the Tanakhic injunction—in Leviticus 19:27—against shaving the "sides" of one's head.
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