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What does it mean to have arup payos? What specific style or length is this? Who would have the minhag to keep their payos in such a fashion that is called "arup"?

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  • Also what does it mean to have "arouf payos"? website won't let me ask as a seperate question so adding it on to this one... – Dude Sep 05 '14 at 01:44
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    Where have you heard the term? – Double AA Sep 05 '14 at 02:03
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    shidduch 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 03:36
  • @Yishai It does NOT imply not trimming, only letting them hang down in front of the ears. E.g. In Satmar, prevailing custom is trimming (or burning) the payos to chin-length as they hang naturally, whether curly or straight. – Adám Sep 05 '14 at 13:37
  • @Yishai Actually "arup" (אַראָפּ) means down in Yiddish – SAH Sep 05 '14 at 14:03
  • @SAH, yes, for some reason the transliteration reversed things in my mind. – Yishai Sep 05 '14 at 14:05
  • I wonder if arup payes means payes that aren't curled or groomed at all, but just hang there... – SAH Sep 05 '14 at 14:07
  • @dude Which shidduch website is that? it sounds pretty awesome:) – Loewian Jul 06 '15 at 15:28
  • @Adám People burn off the ends of their payos? Who? Why? – SAH Dec 29 '16 at 01:01
  • @SAH Personally, I know e.g. the family of the Shotzer Rebbe in Montreal. Why? To keep them no longer than until the chin, in the belief that anything beyond that is considered normal hair. – Adám Dec 29 '16 at 10:11
  • @Adám So if it's normal hair then why couldn't they cut them – SAH Dec 29 '16 at 18:22
  • @SAH Maybe because it borders on payos. I can ask. – Adám Dec 29 '16 at 21:00
  • @Adám You don't have to! Only if you're interested too. It would be nice to find out. Wow, machmirus truly knows no "ends" – SAH Dec 29 '16 at 23:18

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There is an interesting Wikipedia article describing different payot styles.

"As Yishai mentioned, above, "aruf" means "up" so this refers to payot that are behind the ear vs. hanging down. It could be either tied up and put under the kippah or curled around the ear. According to the wiki article this is considered the common "Litvish" / yeshivish style. That may explain why you have seen this on the shidduch web site.

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