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Why does a rabbi have long hair?

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Rabbis cut their hair just like anyone else. Observant Jews do not cut the "corners of the beard" because it is a commandment. One interpretation is that the hairs draw holiness into the person.

Observant Jews do not cut their hair on certain days of the year, for example between Passover and Shavuous (the period when Jews escaped from Egypt and wandered in the desert until they were given the ten commandments), except for one day, Lag B'Omer. Observant Jews thus try to get a haircut just before Passover to tide them over.

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