payot

Sidelocks, often anglicized as () or (), are sidelocks or sideburns. ''Pe'ot'' are worn by some male adherents of Orthodox Judaism based on an interpretation of the Tanakhic injunction—in Leviticus 19:27—against shaving the "sides" of one's head. The singular form of the Hebrew ''pe'ot, pe'a'' (), means 'corner', 'side', or 'edge'. There are different styles of ''pe'ot among adherents of Haredi Judaism and Hasidic Judaism, as well as among Yemenite Jews, and Chardal Jews. Yemenite Jews call their sidelocks simanim () because their long, curled sidelocks serve as a distinguishing feature in Yemenite society (differentiating them from their Gentile neighbors).

==Rabbinic interpretation== ===Reason=== According to Maimonides, shaving the sidelocks was a heathen practice.