What is this characteristic of the Jewish people? A brief halakhic and spiritual explanation.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n<\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">The following are some sources and brief explanations of the mystic's perspective on the beard. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jida clarifies the opinion of the Kabbalah and the Zohar on the beard, saying: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>According to Kabbalah, it is absolutely forbidden to grow a beard in any way.<\/p><cite>Birkei Iosef Iore Dea 181<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Zohar says the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Rabbi Shimon said: terrible is he who sends his hand to the precious supreme beard.<\/p><cite>Zohar 3, Idra Raba 130b<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The Mijat Elazar explains the words of the Zohar, saying: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Y ahora veo en las palabras de quien escribe… ni siquiera es apropiado responder… lo que escribi\u00f3 que de acuerdo al Arizal, es m\u00e1s grave quien env\u00eda su mano a su barba que quien la recorta, y quiere decir que la explicaci\u00f3n del Zohar es que proh\u00edbe \u00abtocar\u00bb la barba, pero cortar la barba no es una prohibici\u00f3n en el santo Zohar, es irrisorio, \u00bfAcaso el que se recorta no toca la barba? … esto es algo obvio para todo el que mira las palabras de Arizal.<\/p><cite>Minjat Elazar 2:48 <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also see:<br>Zohar 3 Idra Rabbah 130a (the beard corresponds to the 13 divine attributes of mercy). Idra Rabbah 132b, 133b, 134a, 139a, 139b, 141a.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Arizal (Jaim Vital) writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>My teacher was very careful not to cut his beard hairs in any way, neither with a razor nor scissors, and not anywhere on his beard, not even down below, on those small hairs around his neck. 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