Topic Tags: upshirin

Latest Rituals

Pre-chemo Upsherin Ceremony

Ritual haircut ceremony for someone undergoing chemotherapy

cancer, upshirin

A person getting a haircut outdoors, surrounded by a small seated audience and festive string lights.

Upsherin: His and Hers

Ritual haircutting ceremony for children

A woman giving a haircut to a young boy sitting in a salon chair.

Loosening Our Hair: Queering Upshirin

queer, upshirin

Curly-haired toddler wearing a blue kippah, sitting in a patterned high chair, smiling indoors.

Upshirin Ceremony

The ceremonial first haircut for a child at the age of three.

toddler boy with curly hair running

Birthdays, Jewishly

An article about the meaning of birthdays in Jewish tradition and how to make birthdays more meaningful, Jewishly

birthdays, upshirin

Two people taking a selfie outdoors; one holds flowers and the other holds a gift. Both are wearing sunglasses.

First Haircut

Description of the first haircut in Jewish tradition

Lag B'Omer, Omer, upshirin

A smiling toddler with curly hair wearing a blue kippah sits in a patterned high chair.