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Question about the mens curls


At the very end Danny had decided to transfer to Columbia and he cut off his curls. I could be wrong but I thought in order to get into heaven men had to have those curls.

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Though there is a concept of hell in Judaism, it is not as black and white as whether you go there or not. it is really a cleansing process to get to heaven. It's about 12 months. Regardless, the curls are called peyos and the halacha (the jewish law) states that your sideburns need to be a certain length (i forgot the exact length but it's a little bit below the top of your ear i think). Chassidik Jews keep them longer because of a Chumra (stringensy on the law), but it is not halacha. Therefore, he was still keeping the law, just not as much emphasis as his community does.

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