The Beard

I am in the process of my conversion. I want to grow my beard and do not want to remove it by trimming or in any manner. but I am working in a software Company and my manager asked me to shave. what can I do ? Reply

Omer deadline Yipes! this Movie is over an hour long...it's Log B'Omer I have less than 20 hours now to take action and I don't have a whole hour to watch this video..... Reply

tonsure The word that Rabbi Kaplan seeks is "tonsure." Reply

Spooky Stuff The story towards the end about the man boiling in sulfur was the most interesting part. Chabad needs to have more "spooky stuff." Reply

Beards and the Israeli Defense Forces Are Jewish warriors allowed to shave beards, to prevent the enemy from grasping at the facial hair? For some Jewish people, to be clean shaven could save a Jewish life from anti-semites.

How about ancient Jewish warriors? My understanding is that the Roman soldiers were ordered to always be clean shaven, and part of the way the Romans defeated the Jewish people 2,000 years ago was by grasping the Jewish warriors'/resistors' beards.

Jewish people living in Nazi occupied Europe surely would be encouraged to shave their beards in order to blend in instead of being captured, and also to escape from Nazism and to fight against Nazism. Reply

shave thehead see Metzorah, Lev. 14.9 -- after getting clean from leprosy, "shave the head," as advised by Torah. Reply

the beard Rabbi Kaplan
i listened to your teaching on the beard. i cannot grow hair on the sides of my face. will peyos be sufficient? Reply

the beard What about surgeons?Should they shave beard or not? Reply

The Beard A comprehensive (but brief) English language work on this topic was published by KTAV under the title: "The Beard in Jewish Law: Kabbalistic Stringency or Halachic Imperative?"

See also the Hebrew language book entitled Hadras Ponim Zokon (1,024 pages). Reply

the beard what about those of us in the military and health care and food service? Reply