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Opsherenish
Rabbi Eliezer S. Weisz
8 Sivan 5764
Question
I would like to know about the custom of first cutting the hair of a boy only when he completes his 3rd birthday (opsherenish). Is it from the Talmud, ashkenazic, sefardic, hassidishe?
Answer
This custom is a Minhag Yisrael, based on Kabbalah.
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