Igrot Kodesh · Letter 1805 — General

By the grace of Hashem,

29 Menachem Av 5712,

Brooklyn,

I bless you and greet you,

You ask me what is our minhag* concerning the peyos* left at the corners of the heads of small boys.

Our minhag* is the following. Until the age of three years, one cuts not only the peyos*, but even the entirety of the hair, not at all. From this age on, one cuts the peyos*, leaving them the length that befits.

You will find enclosed a receipt.