In time for Elul and Tishrei, a new publication is prepared for release, entitled: “Maintaining a Full Beard: Help or Hindrance to Parnasa B’Harchava?”
This 33 page booklet is an expansion of a chapter on the topic which appears in only 2 pages in the sefer Hadras Ponim Zokon.
Represented in this treatise are the opinions of the leading Litvish gedolim (such as the Chofetz Chaim and Rav Chaim Kanievsky), Sephardic chachamim (such as Rav Chaim Palagi and the Baba Sali), Chasidic Rebbeim (such as the Yismach Moshe and the Slonimer Rebbe) and extensive quotations from the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Also included are stories related to the topic of the beard and parnasa (including stories about the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Rav Chaim Kanievsky).
The publication may be viewed in its entirety by clicking here and will be printed (with a full-color cover design) and widely disseminated when adequate sponsorships have been identified.
For sponsorship opportunities or to sponsor an English translation, please contact Rabbi Moshe Wiener at [email protected].
To avoid patches in beard, what can Rebbes advise bochurim to get over habit of pulling out hairs from beard, which results in patches even for young men and older?
The Etchether Rebbe (cousin to the Satmar Rebbe ) said Parnasah is in the beard” in Yiddish with more information about that. Is that inf
The sources quoted in the publication stated that it helps one’s parnasa. Consider, for example, the following letter from the Rebbe: “In response to your letter from Monday of the week of Parshas Terumah: I was surprised at the wording you used, writing that they decided not to accept you for a position and that the fundamental reason is that you have a beard. It is self-understood that this cannot be so [אי אפשר שהדבר כן הוא]. For the Holy One, blessed be He, is the Master of the world in the most literal sense – and the United States… Read more »
The Judge told Atty. Sol Lieberman: “Call your attorney forward”, and was surprised but respectful when Atty. Lieberman answered, “I am the Attorney, your honor!”
Atty. Sol Lieberman also fought for the right to wear his yarmelka in court in the early 60s, when all headwear was required to be removed upon entering a courtroom. He once spoke about his hugh beard at a family simcha, saying, “I want my children to remember me as a yid, not a lawyer.”
Maybe not, depends where and what it is. But it doesn’t exactly help either imho, especially if it doesn’t look neat.
As the article stated: “For sponsorship opportunities or to sponsor an English translation, please contact Rabbi Moshe Wiener at [email protected].”
With all due respect, but the people who need this most in this country aren’t going to read it in Hebrew.
I remember Sol Lieberman. He was a lawyer with a full beard in the sixties, seventies etc… He was never embarrassed to walk into court with a beard.