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    Why Are We Not Allowed To Cut Hair When It's Ok To Cut Nails, Since Both Are Created By God?

    I understand one of the reasons we are not supposed to cut/trim our hair is because we want to keep the 'roop' given to us by God intact. But even the nails were given to us by God. Why is it ok to cut them regularly and not hair? Both nails and hair are made up of dead tissue and hygiene...
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    A Bag Of Nails !

    A BAG OF NAILS Once upon a time there was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he should hammer a nail in the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. But gradually, the number of daily...
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    Why Sikhs Do Not Cut Their Hair But They Cut Their Nails?

    Q: Why Sikhs do not cut their hair but they cut their nails? A: It is often argued that hair and nails are similar, but even a superficial study of the two shows them to be extremely different from each other. Hair is not a hindrance to anyone. Because hair can be placed in a bun and kept...
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