What does it mean to have geknipt payos? Is this a specific length or style? Who would have the minhag of keeping their payos as whatever geknipt means?
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4Where have you heard the term?– Double AA ♦Sep 5, 2014 at 2:03
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1shidduch website. one of the questions was what style payos do you have and there was a drop down menu for options– DudeSep 5, 2014 at 3:35
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1I think it means trimmed/snipped. As in not let grow out long (i.e. the opposite of this).– YishaiSep 5, 2014 at 4:53
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@Yishai is that a guess?– user613Sep 5, 2014 at 7:13
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3FWIW, I don't think that this question is off-topic, because even though it's based in Yiddish, it asks about a Jewish/mitzvah practice.– MTLNov 12, 2014 at 21:29
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It means curled/twisted up and stuck behind your ears. I have geknipte peyos.
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Improve your answer by answering the second question -- who (what groups) have this custom. Nov 12, 2014 at 4:26
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