Upsherin
Subtitle: exploring the laws, customs & meanings of a boy's first haircut
By: DovBer Pinson
Publisher: Iyyun Center for Jewish Spirituality
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Brooklyn, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 73
ISBN-13: 9781934730331
Subjects: Hair; Upsheren; Judaism
Table of contents: title: Upsherin; title: The idea of orlah: blocked energy; title: The age of three: a time of transition; title: Three stages of child development; title: Boundless & borders: circles & lines; title: Uncut hair vs. no hair & the balance in between; title: Three forms of head hair  (detached/masculine/feminine); title: Male hair & the act of transforming judgment into compassion; title: Customs of the upsherin & the order of the ceremony.