Upsherin or Upsherinish (Yiddish: אפשערן, lit. "shear off" German etymology, ab ["off"], scheren ["to shear"]) is a Jewish haircutting ceremony, kabbalistic in origin, held when a Jewish boy is three years old. It is also known as "chalaka".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsherin
.thumbnail.jpg "Upsherin of Menachem Mendel Mountian October 2009 Kishinev Moldova")
.thumbnail.jpg "Upsherin of Menachem Mendel Mountian October 2009 Kishinev Moldova")
.thumbnail.jpg "Upsherin of Menachem Mendel Mountian October 2009 Kishinev Moldova")
.thumbnail.jpg "Upsherin of Menachem Mendel Mountian October 2009 Kishinev Moldova")
.thumbnail.jpg "Upsherin of Menachem Mendel Mountian October 2009 Kishinev Moldova")
.thumbnail.jpg "Upsherin of Menachem Mendel Mountian October 2009 Kishinev Moldova")
.thumbnail.jpg "Upsherin of Menachem Mendel Mountian October 2009 Kishinev Moldova")
.thumbnail.jpg "Upsherin of Menachem Mendel Mountian October 2009 Kishinev Moldova")
.thumbnail.jpg "Upsherin of Menachem Mendel Mountian October 2009 Kishinev Moldova")
.thumbnail.jpg "Upsherin of Menachem Mendel Mountian October 2009 Kishinev Moldova")
