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The Torah says, " You shall not round off the פ ְּ א ַ ת Pe ' at of your head " ( Leviticus 19: 27 ).
The word Pe ' at was taken to mean the hair in front of the ears extending to beneath the cheekbone, on a level with the nose ( Talmud-Makkot 20a ).
Thus it became the custom in certain circles to allow the hair over the ears to grow, and hang down in curls or ringlets.
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