Is it true that a man must let his beard grow fully and not shave?
ANSWER:
Let me tell you, I'm not a posek. I am just going to tell you what the practice has been in all the yeshivas, even in Europe; that unmarried men did clip their faces. Therefore nobody has a right to claim that if you don't grow a beard you're a sinner. It's nothing but a very big exaggeration.
The gedolei Yisroel that grew up in Europe didn't have beards when they were boys. I'm not saying it's wrong to have a beard, but for somebody to come out and to make propaganda that it's a sin, it's certainly not the truth.
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