Upsherin

Upsherin celebration by Rabbi Eliezer Shlomo Schick
Upsherin, 1992
Upsherin, 1992
Upsherin, 1992
Upsherin, 1992

Upsherin, Upsheren,[1] Opsherin or Upsherinish (Yiddish: אָפּשערן‏, romanizedopshern, lit.'shear off', Judeo-Arabic: חלאקה, romanized: ḥalāqa[2]) is a first haircut ceremony observed by a wide cross-section of Jews and is particularly popular in Haredi Judaism. It is typically held when a boy turns three years old.

  1. ^ Binah Tirzah Bindell; Yaffa Leba Gottlieb (1991). My Upsheren Book. Hachai Publishing. ISBN 0922613370.
  2. ^ Shem Tob Gaguine, Keter Shem Tob vol. 2, p. 591.

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