"THE BEARD." Shaving according to Jewish law.

There are many famous Halachic issues involved in removing a beard. The Sefer Hadras Panim Zakan brings literally hundreds of Poskim [Halachic authorities] that discuss these issues. It is not possible to present all the opinions on this subject, so we will focus on the opinion of the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek , which is the authoritative opinion as far as Lubavitcher Chassidim are concerned. The Tzemach Tzedek did not just regard the discussion …

…beard?" The man answered that not only when he imagines Moshe Rabbeinu but even when he thinks about people who kept Torah and Mitzvos throughout the generations, he imagines them with a full untouched beard. It seems clear that that there are many Halachic reasons to refrain from shaving or trimming one's beard. There are many blessings that are elicited through keeping a beard, both in a material and spiritual sense. The choice seems obvious...