Upsherin or Upsherinish (Yiddish: אָפּסשערן) refers to a traditional Jewish haircutting ceremony that takes place when a male Jewish boy reaches the age of three years. Though usually an Orthodox custom, this is not exclusive. There are many cases where it has become an egalitarian custom among Conservative/Masorti Jews who may perform the ceremony for girls as well. There are also many Orthodox Jews (such as Haredim) who may not follow this custom. Upsherin - Basic principles. Just a ...

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• Upsherin - Basic principles
• Upsherin - Tanakh sources
• Upsherin - Torah
• Upsherin - Nevi'im
• Upsherin - History
• Upsherin - Lag B'Omer

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Just as a tree grows tall and with time, produces fruit, so it is hoped that a little boy will grow in knowledge, good deeds and, eventually have children of his own. Therefore, just as the Torah says that if you plant a tree, all fruits that grow during the first three years are off-limits, so, too, some Jews leave a child’s hair alone during the first three years and do not cut it at all. Traditionally, after his upsherin, a little boy would enter school and formal Torah education. He would begin donning a kippah (if not al ...

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Upsherin, Upsherin - Basic principles, Upsherin - Tanakh sources, Upsherin - Torah, Upsherin - Nevi'im, Upsherin - History, Upsherin - Lag B'Omer

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As part of the 613 commandments, an injunction in Leviticus (19:27) commands Jews "You shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall you destroy the edges of your beard" JPS translation or simply "Do not cut off the hair on the sides of your head. Do not shave off the edges of your beard." Kaplan translation In the Hebrew of the Hebrew Bible: לֹא תַקִּפוּ, פְּאַת רֹאשְׁכֶם; וְלֹא תַשְׁחִית, אֵת פְּאַתSee also:

Payot, Payot - Origin, Payot - Use

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The original law only requires the payot not to be removed, though they can be cut or trimmed but not with a razor, or blade sliding along the skin. Similarly, shaving facial hair was also prohibited. Since the advent of the electric razor, those models that function on the principle of a scissor would make shaving easy for many Modern Orthodox men. Within Haredi Judaism and particularly within Hasidic Judaism most men tend not to shave and quite a few grow payot that they were either rolled up behind their ears, shortened and ...

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Payot, Payot - Origin, Payot - Use

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Upsherin - Torah. "A person is like the tree of a field..." (Deuteronomy 20:19) "When you...plant any tree...[f]or three years [the fruit] shall be a forbidden growth, and it may not be eaten." (Leviticus 19:23) Upsherin - Nevi'im. "For as the days of a tree, shall be the days of my people." (Isaiah 65:22) "He will be like a tree pl ...

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Upsherin, Upsherin - Basic principles, Upsherin - Tanakh sources, Upsherin - Torah, Upsherin - Nevi'im, Upsherin - History, Upsherin - Lag B'Omer

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