Halachot and Customs
What is the lowest number with which one may shave the sideburns?
Question
If possible, please let me know what is the lowest number with which it is permitted to shave the sideburns?
Thank you very much
Answer
Shalom,
One must leave the hair in the area of the sideburns at a length of half a centimeter, meaning to cut the hair with a machine that has plastic number 2, which is 6 mm (in a machine made by Oster, though in other companies it varies).
Sources: Pe'at Zekecha (page 30).
Blessings,
Hillel Meirs
