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Ceremonies, 25 May 2027

Upsherin on Lag BaOmer

The day many Jewish boys who turned three in spring get their first haircut, most famously at Meron in northern Israel.

In many Orthodox and especially Hasidic families a boy's hair is left uncut until he turns three. The first haircut, the upsherin, is a small celebration: guests may each cut a lock, and the sidelocks, the payot, are left in place. Haircuts are not allowed during the counting of the Omer between Passover and Shavuot, except on Lag BaOmer, the 33rd day. So boys who turned three in that time have their upsherin then. By the 18th and 19th centuries great crowds gathered at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai at Meron for bonfires and first haircuts, and families in Jerusalem hold them at the grave of Simeon the Just.

Hairstyles tied to Upsherin on Lag BaOmer

UpsherinThe first haircut ceremony itselfPayotSidelocks left uncut at the first haircutFirst haircutFirst-haircut customs across faiths

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