Quoting%20commentary for Bekhorot 86:23

ל"ש אלא שאין לו לאחריו ויש לו לפניו אבל יש לו לאחריו כשר וכל שכן שיש לו לאחריו ואין לו לפניו

And this is certainly the case where he has a line of hair in the hinder part and not in the front part.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As where he has this line of hair only in the hinder part, the head is more presentable than when he has the line all the way round the head and the baldness is in the centre. There is also another version as follows: This is meant only where he has the line of hair both in the front and hinder parts, but where he has none, then he is fit (to officiate in the Temple) . And this is certainly the case when he has this line of hair in the hinder part of the head but not in the front, (Sh. Mek.)');">¹²</span>

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