Upsherin
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Upsherin, Upsheren, Opsherin or Upsherinish is a first haircut ceremony observed by a wide cross-section of Jews and is particularly popular in Haredi Judaism. It is typically held when a boy turns th
Upsherin celebration by Rabbi Eliezer Shlomo Schick
Upsherin, 1992
Upsherin, 1992
A rabbi performs the traditional first haircut on a three-year-old boy in Meron on Lag BaOmer 1970.
Payot
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Payots, often anglicized as pe'ot or payes, are sidelocks or sideburns. Pe'ot are worn by some male adherents of Orthodox Judaism based on an interpretation of the Tanakhic injunction—in Leviticus 19:
A young Hasidic Jew
Pre-bar mitzvah age boy with payot
A religious Jew with beard and payot tucked behind ear
A Teimani (Yemenite) Jew with payot