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		Upsherin (from the Yiddish word meaning "to cut off") is a custom that originated with the kabbalists of the 16th century.
		For families who don't live near an historical holy place, the upsherin is typically held in a synagogue or house of study with plenty of relatives and friends around to help with the shearing.
		After the upsherin is finished and the locks are heaped at his feet, the boy is showered with candy and blessings and given an aleph-bet card (plastic-coated, please!) with a bit of honey on each letter.
	www.jewishbulletin.ca /Archives/Aug04/archives04Aug27-05.html (826 words)

	Upsherin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		At the upsherin, parents encourage their little ones to lick Hebrew letters covered in honey while saying each letter, so that Torah should be "sweet on their tongues."
		Today, the tradition of a child eating something sweet or licking honey while reading the letters, is sometimes followed even if there is no upsherin, but rather when a child is first taught their Aleph Bet.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Upsherin (502 words)

	First haircut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The hair-cutting ceremony is called the upsherenish or upsherin, a Yiddish word meaning to "cut off".
		This custom is believed by some Hasidim to have its roots in the Torah, which compares a man to a tree.
		The custom of the Skverer Hasidic sect is to have the upsherin at age two.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_haircut (844 words)

	S.C.J. FAQ: Section 21.8.3. Jewish Childrearing Related Questions: Other childhood lifecycle rituals: What is Upsherin? ...
		Upsherin is prevalent in Chassidic and Sepharadic communities, communities that share a number of Kabbalistically derived custom.
		Also, the day of upsherin the child is taken to a teacher and shown the alef-beis.
		Since upsherin marks the start of the mitzvah of education, it's therefore tied to gender.
	www.shamash.org /lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/21-08-03.html (520 words)

	j. - Upsherin upsurge: Back-to-roots haircut ritual began in the 1500s
		When the boy turns 3, his hair is cut at a ceremony known as upsherin or hachlakah, marking his introduction to learning Torah and wearing tzitzit or ritual fringes.
		Upsherin dates as far back as the 16th century, when Reb Haim Vital is recorded saying that his teacher, "Isaac Luria, cut his son's hair on Lag B'Omer, according to the well known custom."
		Upsherin celebrates the growth of a child to a new stage in the context of community and tradition, says Blu Greenberg, author of "How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household.
	www.jewishsf.com /content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/3857/edition_id/69/format/html/displaystory.html (554 words)

	Upsherin Ritual for Coming of Age of a Three Year Old
		Day 33 of the Omer is a traditional time to hold a haircutting party ritual for the giving of a first haircut to a Jewish child, which is generally not done until about three years of age.
		The upsherin ritual itself is simple, and as in every mitzvah, it is yours to elaborate as desired, keeping in mind age appropriate length and activities.
		These are a reminder to live a mitzvah-centered life as in the story of Ruth, where the poor glean from what is intentionally left on the side of the fields for them.
	www.rebgoldie.com /upsherin.htm (631 words)

	Upsherin — a three year olds’ first haircut \| sixthirteen.org
		Upsherin — a three year olds’ first haircut
		There is a custom among many Jews to not cut a boys hair until he is three years old.
		The first haircut is accompanied by a special ceremony called an upsherin which also marks the beginning of the child’s Jewish education.
	sixthirteen.org /blog/2003/01/upsherin_a_three_year_olds_fir.php (102 words)

	The Knish
		According to the Sunnishe minhag the time for an upsherin is at 67 years old.
		The problem for the 66-year-old rabbi is that the Shiiteshe minhag is to have the upsherin at 66 years old.
		Since one is supposed to follow the custom of the people in one's area, and most Iraqis are Shiites, he was obligated to do it this year.
	www.theknish.com /article6.4.shtm (241 words)

	boys hair styles -- Upsherin
		The practice is based on a Bible passage that says when you plant a tree you should let it grow for 3 years before haresting the fruit.
		Upsherin is the Jewish practice of giving a boy his first haircut on a special day following his 3rd birthday.
		Our younger son, Gavri's, upsherin was held a few days after his Hebrew birthday, which is the holiday of Tu B'Shevat.
	histclo.com /style/head/hair/style/bhs-ups.html (569 words)

	A Simple Jew: The Story Behind A Post
		My wife and I were deciding whether or not to observe the custom of upsherin with our son.
		While upsherin was a wide-spread custom back in the areas in where our families came from, it is a custom that has never been observed by our family since immigrating to this country at the turn of the last century.
		Being that an upsherin is not a Sephardic minhag -- and I married a Sephardi -- we did not do an upsherin.
	asimplejew.blogspot.com /2005/05/story-behind-post.html (382 words)

	Hypermail Torah-Forum Archive: Upsherin (cutting hair of 3 yr old)
		Tied to the notion of upsherin (from the same root as the English "to
		upsherin, but the verses don't imply anything about this second custom.
		Upsherin is not my custom, although I keep the form because that's what the
	www.torah.org /linkedlists/torah-forum/fu/0616.html (476 words)

	Upsherin \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		An upsherin, which literally means "shear off" in Yiddish, marks the beginning of a child's formal Jewish education.
		The root of the upsherin is a verse in the Torah which compares man to a tree.
		The morning after the upsherin, I mailed my son's golden curls to Locks for Love, an organization that makes wigs for children who lost their hair to cancer.
	www.chabad.org /library/article.asp?AID=3068 (1509 words)

	haircut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Just like fruit trees one is not allowed to benefit from the fruit for the first 3 years, which is called Orlah.
		This is identical to the concept of the foreskin which is called "orlah" too, this is cut off during the circumsicion of the eight day old boy.
		After saying aleph bais with the rebbe pechalach are given out to the cheder boys and the boys all with the upsherin yingle a yasher koach.
	globalyeshiva.com /groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/728100487/m/2321088361/xsl/print_topic (615 words)

	Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . BELIEF & PRACTICE . Jewish Hair-Cutting Ceremony . January 27, 2006 \| PBS
		Rabbi YISRAEL DEREN (Director, Chabad Lubavitch, Fairfield County, CT): The upsherin is a ceremony that marks a little boy's third birthday.
		And a chart with the Hebrew alphabet is placed before the child, and the teacher will take some honey and smear it on the first letter of the alphabet and let the child lick from the honey, symbolizing the notion that learning is a sweet experience, learning is a delightful experience.
		We believe that every human being truly does have the ability to change the entire world, one good deed at a time.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/religionandethics/week922/belief.html (516 words)

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		Numerous families have adopted the custom in recent years and some mark the date by travelling to the grave of kabbalist Shimon Bar Yochai, located near Safed, to cut the hair near the cave where he lived and later died.
		I have learned that it is preferable to hold the upsherin in a holy place and have righteous people cut the hair.
		I know that, after his upsherin, it won't just be the soft, silky baby hair I'll miss.
	www.jewishbulletin.ca /archives/May03/archives03May16-05.html (703 words)

	AskMoses.com - Judaism, Ask a Rabbi - Live
		On the boy’s third Jewish birthday it is customary for the parents to invite friends and relatives to participate in an »read more...
		An Upsherin is customarily not an event of large proportions; it is not as lavish – not even close – as a bar mitzvah.
		If the child’s third birthday falls on any of these days, the Upsherin is postponed rather than cutting the »read more...
	www.askmoses.com /qa_list.html?h=114 (285 words)

	Upsherin
		This is called "Upsherin" -- a Yiddish word meaning to "cut off." The custom is first mentioned in "Sha'ar HaKavonot" by Rabbi Chaim Vital, the student of the great 16th century Kabbalist, the Arizal.
		Upsherin day also includes learning the Aleph-Bet with the child.
		Ilana1 wrote: "Not all traditional Jews have an Upsherin." Ilana is correct, but to be fair to the author, the author did write "Traditional Jews OFTEN wait until a boy's third birthday."
	www.aish.com /literacy/lifecycle/Upsherin.asp (1704 words)

	Kashrut.Org :: Q & A Board :: View Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Not that I am defending Eli, but rager needs to get his history straight...upsherin was not Avoda Zara brought to Judaism by the Chassidim.
		Upsherin's first written record in Rabbinic literature is in Sha'ar Hakavanot by Rav Haim Vital.
		There he writes that his teacher - the Ari Z'L cut his son's hair for the first time during his third year on Lag B' Omer...according to the well know custom.
	www.kashrut.org /forum/viewpost.asp?mid=8742 (206 words)

	Ritualwell.org - Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The haircut is then performed amidst festivities, called an upsherin, usually on Lag B'Omer.
		Boys are usually given their first tzitzit on their third birthday, as well.
		Today, some families hold an upsherin for girls, and some families give their daughters tzitzit.
	www.ritualwell.org /resources/glossary/glossary_view?letter=U (89 words)

	j. - Even a haircut — especially my great-grandson’s — can be a simcha
		“No, no. It’s his upsherin — his first haircut.” It is an important event, she explains to her ignorant grandfather.
		An upsherin, she explains, is all about the unity of nature — the kinship of man and the other creatures that thrive in God’s world.
		Humanity and the sycamore tree both have their feet in the earth and their head in the sky.
	www.jewishsf.com /content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/23984/format/html/displaystory.html (829 words)

	House of Joy: The haircut
		Through Hashem's delicate plan, this family came on Aliyah with us on the same Nefesh b'Nefesh plane and are now living in Eretz Yisrael.
		Yesterday we went to their son's upsherin (haircutting done on his third birthday)
		Oh and a very special guest at the upsherin was the little boy's brand new baby sister born just one day after Sophie.
	houseofjoy.blogspot.com /2004/12/haircut.html (281 words)

	Avodah V3 #35
		In the d'var Torah I gave at my oldest's upsherin I remember quoting R SR Hirsch on the topic.
		It seems some Ungarishe man married a girl from Frankfurt, and moved to be near her family.
		As R' SR Hirsch was at the upsherin, of course he was asked to speak.
	www.aishdas.org /avodah/vol03/v03n035.shtml (3719 words)

	House of Joy
		This is a custom, not a law and because neither Simcha nor I come from families where there is an unbroken tradition of our religious heritage, when it comes to the grey areas we often sort of wing it.
		I read somewhere that the haircut is the third cut of a baby boy being removed from his mother.
		First they cut the umbilical cord, then they cut the foreskin at the circumcision and finally they cut the hair at the upsherin.
	houseofjoy.blogspot.com (3821 words)

	mother-scratcher: Nachas simchas
		But I think she was kind of being a smart ass.
		For those not in the know, orthodox Jews, particularly the Hungarians, don't cut their sons' hair until the third birthday.
		The upsherin custom is relatively new, disputed and controversial.
	mother-scratcher.blogspot.com /2006/01/nachas-simchas.html (350 words)

	A Simple Jew: Little Critter Meets Lil' Tzaddik
		On Sunday morning as I was reading my children "Just Me In The Tub", I noticed a striking resemblance between Little Critter and my Lil' Tzaddik, whose hair continues to grow longer until the day of his upsherin.
		I hope you decide to have his Upsherin in Meron by Rabbi Shimon & invite me, of course!
		If we are zoche to have his upsherin in Meron, you will certainly be invited!
	asimplejew.blogspot.com /2006/03/little-critter-meets-lil-tzaddik.html (157 words)

	Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week
		Three years ago scores of congregants at Manhattan’s Stephen Wise Synagogue took turns snipping Amelia Margolis’ auburn curls, making her one of the first girls to have an upsherin.
		The ritual first haircut, usually reserved for 3-year-old boys at the time they receive their inaugural kipot and tzitzit, symbolizes the passage from babyhood to childhood.
		“Since the upsherin she also understands the symbolism of hair.
	www.thejewishweek.com /news/newscontent.php3?artid=9763 (360 words)

	Hypermail Torah-Forum Archive: Re: Upsherin (cutting hair of 3 yr old) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Re: Upsherin (cutting hair of 3 yr old)
		Maybe in reply to: Micha Berger: "Upsherin (cutting hair of 3 yr old)"
		alphabet on the day of the upsherin, and that this is the beginning of his
	www.torah.org /linkedlists/torah-forum/vol3/0686.html (489 words)

	Upsherin Peckeleh « Party Bags
		This upsherin pekalah is the perfect bag to distribute at a three year old's birthday party-the upsherin.
		Inside the bag is an assortment of sweet treats, a bag of cookies, wafer, lolly pop, a box of raisins, almonds and delicious taffies.
		The bag is further enhanced by the colorful drawings of the items marking a three year old's upsherin, kippah, tzitzis and the Pasuk Torah Tzivah Lanu Moshe...
	www.ohnuts.com /details.cfm?Group_ID=78&Product_ID=1025 (182 words)

	Hair Transplant
		It used to be that America was known as the great melting pot society - a land in which all distinctions just dissipated and thousands of years of traditions were swept away and supplanted with the new "American" dream.
		Torah from Dixie staff writer Rabbi Lee Jay Lowenstein gave the following remarks recently at an upsherin, the ceremonial cutting of a child's hair at the age of three.
		This country has seen a great deal of change over the past 50 years.
	www.tfdixie.com /parshat/vayeira/003.htm (902 words)

	Avodah V13 #33
		The 'Hakodosh' appelation given to a martyr (someone that died al kiddush Hashem) is a different matter than the one discussed above.
		A new sefer recently came out, IIRC, the name is 'Derech Siach' and it is Torah of Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlit"a, of Bnei Brak, one of the leaders of the olam haTorah today.
		Phyllostac@aol.com wrote: > A new sefer recently came out, IIRC, the name is 'Derech Siach' and it is > Torah of Rav Chaim Kanievsky shlit"a, of Bnei Brak, one of the leaders > of the olam haTorah today.
	www.aishdas.org /avodah/vol13/v13n033.shtml (4356 words)

	Upsherin \| > Jewish Knowledge Base
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