הלכות עבודה זרה וחוקות הגויים י״בForeign Worship and Customs of the Nations 12

Halacha 1א׳

אֵין מְגַלְּחִין פַּאֲתֵי הָרֹאשׁ כְּמוֹ שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹשִׂין עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא יט כז) "לֹא תַקִּפוּ פְּאַת רֹאשְׁכֶם". וְחַיָּב עַל כָּל פֵּאָה וּפֵאָה. לְפִיכָךְ הַמְגַלֵּחַ שְׁנֵי צְדָעָיו אֲפִלּוּ בְּבַת אַחַת וְהַתְרָאָה אַחַת לוֹקֶה שְׁתַּיִם. אֶחָד הַמְגַלֵּחַ הַפֵּאוֹת בִּלְבַד וּמֵנִיחַ שֵׂעָר כָּל הָרֹאשׁ וְאֶחָד הַמְגַלֵּחַ כָּל הָרֹאשׁ כְּאֶחָד לוֹקֶה הוֹאִיל וְגִלַּח הַפֵּאוֹת. בַּמֶּה דְּבָרִים אֲמוּרִים בְּאִישׁ הַמְגַלֵּחַ אֲבָל אִישׁ הַמִּתְגַּלֵּחַ אֵינוֹ לוֹקֶה אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן סִיֵּעַ לַמְגַלֵּחַ. וְהַמְגַלֵּחַ אֶת הַקָּטָן לוֹקֶה:

The corners of the head are not be shaved as the idolaters and their priests used to do, as it is said "ye shall not round the corners of your heads" (Lev. 19:27). One incurs a separate penalty for each corner. Accordingly, if one shaves both temples, even at one time and after one warning, he is punished with stripes twice. Whether he shaves the corners only, leaving the rest of the head untouched, or shaves the entire head at one time, he is punished with stripes, because he shaved the corners. The liability attaches to the man who shaves. But the man who is shaved is not punished with stripes, unless he assisted the barber. One who shaves the corners of a male child's head is punished with stripes.

Halacha 2ב׳

הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁגִּלְּחָה פְּאַת רֹאשׁ הָאִישׁ אוֹ שֶׁנִּתְגַלְּחָה פְּטוּרָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא יט כז) "לֹא תַקִּפוּ פְּאַת רֹאשְׁכֶם" (ויקרא יט כז) "וְלֹא תַשְׁחִית פְּאַת זְקָנֶךָ" כָּל שֶׁיֶּשְׁנוֹ בְּבַל תַּשְׁחִית יֶשְׁנוֹ בְּבַל תַּקִּיף, וְאִשָּׁה שֶׁאֵינָהּ בְּבַל תַּשְׁחִית לְפִי שֶׁאֵין לָהּ זָקָן אֵינָהּ בְּבַל תַּקִּיף. לְפִיכָךְ הָעֲבָדִים הוֹאִיל וְיֵשׁ לָהֶם זָקָן אֲסוּרִין בְּהַקָּפָה:

A woman who shaves the corner of a man's head, or had the corner of her head shaved is not liable, for it is said, "ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corner of thy beard" (Lev. 19:27). Whoever is bound by the latter prohibition, is bound by the former. And since the latter prohibition cannot apply to a woman, neither does the former apply to her. Hence, (non-Israelite) male slaves of an Israelite, because they have beards, are forbidden to round the corners of their heads.

Halacha 3ג׳

כָּל מִצְוֹת לֹא תַּעֲשֶׂה שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה אֶחָד אֲנָשִׁים וְאֶחָד נָשִׁים חַיָּבִים חוּץ מִ"בַּל תַּשְׁחִית" וּ"בַל תַּקִּיף" וּ"בַל יִטָּמֵא כֹּהֵן לַמֵּתִים" (משנה קידושין א ז). וְכָל מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה שֶׁהִיא מִזְּמַן לִזְמַן וְאֵינָהּ תְּדִירָה נָשִׁים פְּטוּרוֹת חוּץ מִקִּדּוּשׁ הַיּוֹם וַאֲכִילַת מַצָּה בְּלֵילֵי הַפֶּסַח וַאֲכִילַת הַפֶּסַח וּשְׁחִיטָתוֹ וְהַקְהֵל וְשִׂמְחָה שֶׁהַנָּשִׁים חַיָּבוֹת:

All the prohibition of the Torah are binding on women as well as men, with the exception of those relating to marring the beard and rounding the head, and that a priest shall not defile himself by contact with the dead, (Lev. 21:1 et seq.). Women are exempt from the obligation of affirmative precepts, performed at definite periods and not continuously, with the following exceptions: to sanctify the advent of the holy (Sabbath) day (Ex. 20:8); to eat unleavened bread on the first two evenings of Passover (Ex. 12:15); to eat of the Paschal lamb (Ex. 12:8); to slaughter it (ibid. 12:8); to assemble (on the Feast of the Tabernacles, every seventh year to hear the Law read) (Deut. 31:12); and to rejoice on the festivals (Deut. 16:14). These precepts are binding on women also.