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Upsherin: the first haircut

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Upsherin (Yiddish) or halaqah (among Sephardim and Mizrahim) is the custom of a boy's first haircut, usually at age three. The sidelocks (peot) are then left in place and the child begins his introduction to study. The practice, especially widespread in Hasidic circles and at Mount Meron, has no biblical basis but is a custom (minhag).

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