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On the 3rd birthday of an Orthodox Jewish boy he has his first ever hair cut in a ceremony called an Upsherin, leaving his peyos (sideburns) to grow. This symbolic ceremony sees the baby turn into a boy, he begins to learn the alpha bet and Torah. Wrapped in his brand new Tallit (prayer shawl) hid mother carries him with his family to his brand new school.

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On the 3rd birthday of an Orthodox Jewish boy he has his first ever hair cut in a ceremony called an Upsherin, leaving his peyos (sideburns) to grow. This symbolic ceremony sees the baby turn into a boy, he begins to learn the alpha bet and Torah. Wrapped in his brand new Tallit (prayer shawl) hid mother carries him with his family to his brand new school.
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