Kommentar zu Jechezkiel 44:20
וְרֹאשָׁם֙ לֹ֣א יְגַלֵּ֔חוּ וּפֶ֖רַע לֹ֣א יְשַׁלֵּ֑חוּ כָּס֥וֹם יִכְסְמ֖וּ אֶת־רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃
Weder sollen sie ihre Köpfe rasieren, noch ihre Locken lang wachsen lassen; sie sollen nur ihre Köpfe abfragen.
Rashi on Ezekiel
And [the hair of] their heads they are not to shave to remove all the hair.
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Rashi on Ezekiel
but also not to let it grow wild They may not let their hair grow very long.
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Rashi on Ezekiel
they must be careful to trim [Heb. כָּסוּם יִכְסְמוּ, (to cut the hair so that it appears)] like spelt (כֻּסֶמֶת), which is arranged on the ear [with] the end of one beside the root of another. So I heard in the name of Rabbi Menahem of blessed memory. It is possible to explain it as an expression for a measure of a medium thing, neither shearing [all the hair of] the head nor letting the hair grow long, but a medium amount, amo(d)ler in O.F., to cut to medium length.
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