Holy Hair- The Male Version

[Encryptus]

Orthodox Judaism: .

Hasidic Jews follow a commandment in the book of Leviticus that says: "You shall not round off the edge of your scalp and you shall not destroy the edge of your beard."

"This is understood as making a straight line from the temple back to the ear. So all Hasidic Jews have sideburns that go down to the jawbone," said Rabbi Eliezer "Lazer" Lazaroff of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

Some Hasidic Jews also have long curly locks or sideburns, to further show their devotion. That is not practiced by the Chabavad-Lubivitch group. But beards are never cut in the Hasidic tradition, and Lazaroff has not cut his since he was 14.

"In the mystical Kabbalah tradition, the hair of the beard represents God's mercy and compassion," he said. "It's considered to be something that is a channel of God's blessing."

[rgcraig]

Male dingle curls......gotta love it!

I think it needs to become the new GC fashion!

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Encryptus

Orthodox Judaism: .

Hasidic Jews follow a commandment in the book of Leviticus that says: "You shall not round off the edge of your scalp and you shall not destroy the edge of your beard."

"This is understood as making a straight line from the temple back to the ear. So all Hasidic Jews have sideburns that go down to the jawbone," said Rabbi Eliezer "Lazer" Lazaroff of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

Some Hasidic Jews also have long curly locks or sideburns, to further show their devotion. That is not practiced by the Chabavad-Lubivitch group. But beards are never cut in the Hasidic tradition, and Lazaroff has not cut his since he was 14.

"In the mystical Kabbalah tradition, the hair of the beard represents God's mercy and compassion," he said. "It's considered to be something that is a channel of God's blessing."

Why are we not practicing this ... ???

[Encryptus]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Why are we not practicing this ... ???

True Apostolics do Dan.

Which is why........










































I'M MORE APOSTOLIC THAN YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nina]

Originally Posted by Encryptus

True Apostolics do Dan.

Which is why........
I'M MORE APOSTOLIC THAN YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!

Do You Encryptus, really?

[Rico]

Here ya go! True holiness for men. Ain't his hair purdy?

[freeatlast]

Originally Posted by Rico

Here ya go! True holiness for men. Ain't his hair purdy?

If preachers who impose Dresses only for women from their misintrepretation of Deut 22:5 would really pray thru they would look like the picture posted.

We got no problem bridling our women with "rules", but as for us men we will look like our unchuched brothers.

[Mrs. LPW]

Originally Posted by Rico

Here ya go! True holiness for men. Ain't his hair purdy?

Prettier than mine somedays... (THE HAIR, NOT THE BEARD)

[Encryptus]

Originally Posted by Nina

Do You Encryptus, really?

Curly locks no. Full beard without curved edge yes.

[James Griffin]

Early Apostolic attitudes:

* St Clement of Alexandria
o "The hair of the chin showed him to be a man." St Clement of Alexandria (c.195, E), 2.271

o "How womanly it is for one who is a man to comb himself and shave himself with a razor, for the sake of fine effect, and to arrange his hair at the mirror, shave his cheeks, pluck hairs out of them, and smooth them!…For God wished women to be smooth and to rejoice in their locks alone growing spontaneously, as a horse in his mane. But He adorned man like the lions, with a beard, and endowed him as an attribute of manhood, with a hairy chest--a sign of strength and rule." St. Clement of Alexandria, 2.275

o "This, then, is the mark of the man, the beard. By this, he is seen to be a man. It is older than Eve. It is the token of the superior nature….It is therefore unholy to desecrate the symbol of manhood, hairiness.” St. Clement of Alexandria, 2.276

o "It is not lawful to pluck out the beard, man’s natural and noble adornment." St. Clement of Alexandria, 2.277

* St Cyprian
o "In their manners, there was no discipline. In men, their beards were defaced." St Cyprian (c. 250, W), 5.438

o "The beard must not be plucked. 'You will not deface the figure of your beard'." (Leviticus 19:27) St. Cyprian, 5.553

* Lactantius
o "The nature of the beard contributes in an incredible degree to distinguish the maturity of bodies, or to distinguish the sex, or to contribute to the beauty of manliness and strength." Lactantius (c. 304-314, W), 7.288

* Apostolic Constitutions
o "Men may not destroy the hair of their beards and unnaturally change the form of a man. For the Law says, “You will not deface your beards.” For God the Creator has made this decent for women, but has determined that it is unsuitable for men." Apostolic Constitutions (compiled c.390, E) 7.392.

Furthermore, in later centuries the pope ordered priests to start being clean shaven around the same time as he mandated celibacy, both were attempts to emasculate the priesthood. The first thing the protestant minsters did to show they were neither celibate nor catholic was grow a beard. Likewise I choose not to be mistaken for a papist !!!



So after much soul searching even though my clean shaven effeminate looking brethren choose to take the pulpit in such an unApostolic condition (although it was the only practice of the first century church) I have decided to not oppose them in the pulpit as long as they don't shave that morning and have at least started their beard.