A Jewish mother took her son for a haircut to Broadway Barber Shop in Fair Lawn, NJ. She instructed the barber not to cut her son’s peyos.
Moments later, the boy was in tears as the barber immediately cut off his peyos on one side. His mother screamed at him to stop and he ignored her.
She went to the owner to demand he tell the barber to stop. The owner spoke to the barber in Arabic and seconds later the barber cut off the peyos on the other side of his head.
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מתני׳ ע"ז כ"ז. - מתרפאין מהן ריפוי ממון אבל לא ריפוי נפשות ואין מסתפרין מהן בכל מקום דברי רבי מאיר וחכמים אומרים ברה"ר מותר אבל לא בינו לבינו:
MISHNA: The mishna discusses the issue of accepting certain professional services from a gentile. One may be treated by gentiles, provided that it is monetary treatment, but not personal treatment. And one may not have his hair cut by them anywhere, due to the danger that the gentile will kill him with the razor; this is the statement of Rabbi Meir. And the Rabbis say: In the public thoroughfare, it is permitted to have one’s hair cut by a gentile, but not when the Jew and gentile are alone together. [The Gemara permits a haircut in front of a mirror].
משנה תורה, הלכות רוצח ושמירת נפש י״ב:י״א
וְאָסוּר לְהִסְתַּפֵּר מֵהֶן בִּרְשׁוּת הַיָּחִיד שֶׁמָּא יַהַרְגֶנּוּ. אִם הָיָה אָדָם חָשׁוּב מֻתָּר מִפְּנֵי שֶׁמִּתְיָרֵא לְהָרְגוֹ. וְאִם דִּמָּה לְעַכּוּ"ם שֶׁהוּא אָדָם חָשׁוּב כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּפַחֵד מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא יַהַרְגֶנּוּ הֲרֵי זֶה מֻתָּר לְהִסְתַּפֵּר מִמֶּנּוּ:
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