What does it mean to have geknipt payos? Is this a specific length or style? Who would have the minhag of keeping their payos as whatever geknipt means?
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4Where have you heard the term? – Double AA Sep 05 '14 at 02:03
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1shidduch website. one of the questions was what style payos do you have and there was a drop down menu for options – Dude Sep 05 '14 at 03:35
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1I think it means trimmed/snipped. As in not let grow out long (i.e. the opposite of this). – Yishai Sep 05 '14 at 04:53
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@Yishai is that a guess? – user613 Sep 05 '14 at 07:13
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Actually I think it means crimped or curled, from yiddish 'knaypn' – SAH Sep 05 '14 at 14:12
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3FWIW, I don't think that this question is off-topic, because even though it's based in Yiddish, it asks about a Jewish/mitzvah practice. – MTL Nov 12 '14 at 21:29
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@Shokhet I second the movement – DonielF Dec 04 '17 at 17:38
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It means curled/twisted up and stuck behind your ears. I have geknipte peyos.
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Improve your answer by answering the second question -- who (what groups) have this custom. – Bruce James Nov 12 '14 at 04:26
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2Welcome to Mi Yodeya. Care to [edit] and tell us how you know? ("I speak Yiddish fluently and that's what it means" would be an acceptable start) – Y e z Nov 12 '14 at 04:41