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Parshan upsherenish
- Level
- Item
- ID
- Item 1792
- Source
- Archival Descriptions
- Level
- Item
- Item
- 1792
- Material Format
- graphic material
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an upshering at a Lubavitcher synagogue in Toronto, Nov. 1978, with barber, Max Eines. Upsherenish is Yiddish for the haircutting ceremony when a child turns three-years old, and begins a new stage of development as a Jew. A boy receives his first haircut, in which he leaves the payot (sidelocks) as prescribed by the Torah; he also receives his first set of tzitzit (fringes) and kipah (skullcap). During the Omer period, haircuts are not permitted as a sign of mourning over the deaths of Rabbi Akiva's disciples. Lag BaOmer, however, is a day of joy, on which all the rules of mourning during the Omer period are suspended. Therefore, on Lag BaOmer, there are always lots of little three-year old Jewish boys who have been waiting since Passover to have their first haircut.
- The elderly man to the right of the boy is his grandfather, Mr. Parshan, who is participating in the ceremony by cutting off locks of his grandson's hair.
- Notes
- Credit must be given to Stephen Epstein in display and/or publication.
- Name Access
- Parshan
- Eines, Max
- Subjects
- Habad
- Upsheren
- Creator
- Epstein, Stephen
- Places
- Toronto (Ont.)
- Accession Number
- 1979-12-7
- Source
- Archival Descriptions