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Upsherin
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish haircutting ceremony”. Today it says “first haircut ceremony observed by a wide cross-section of jews and is particularly popular in haredi judaism”.
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"shear off", Judaeo-Arabic : חלאקה, ḥalāqah ) is a haircutting ceremony observed by a wide cross-section of Jews and is particularly popular in Haredi Jewish communities .1 It is typically held when a boy turns three years old. Among those who practise the upsherin, the male infant does not have his hair cut until this ceremony.2
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jewish haircutting ceremony
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first haircut ceremony observed by a wide cross-section of jews and is particularly popular in haredi judaism
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