by Alanna E. Cooper

Haircutting Ritual for Your Daughter

Traditional (male) upsherins are generally held near boys’ third birthdays, but historically they were also held on two other days: on Lag b’Omer, 33 days after Passover, when haircuts and festivities are traditionally permitted, and just before Shavuot, when Jews celebrate receiving the Torah — because the upsherin inducts the newly shorn child into its study.

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A Little Girl’s First Haircut

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Haircutting Ritual for Your Daughter

by Alanna E. Cooper