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Permissible Area for Shaving

Question

Up to where is it forbidden to shave the beard?

Answer

Hello and blessings 

Up to the beginning of the soft part of the ear. 

There is an opinion to be stringent up to the very end of the ear. 

Source

Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah 181

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