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« Today in history: Nazi saboteurs arrive by submarine | Today | Alert: Unhealthy Air Quality; the buses are free » June 27, 2008Reporter seeks tales of first haircut, last day at homeStaff Writer G. Wayne Miller is looking for candidates for two stories: FIRST HAIRCUT. Miller seeks a toddler, girl or boy, who’s never had her or his hair cut. Miller and a staff photographer would join the child and parents on the day of the first cut. LAST DAY AT HOME for a high school graduate who is heading off to college. A student leaving for a distant school is preferable, but not required; the only requirement is that the student will be living away from home. Miller and a staff photographer would be at the student’s home on the last day If interested, please contact Miller at gwmiller@projo.com Posted by Peter Phipps CommentsAlice | June 26, 2008 11:25 AM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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Good morning Wayne,
In the Orthodox Jewish community, a boy gets his first haircut at age 3. It is a big celebration because it is the end of the toddler's babyhood and the beginning of his formal education. The ceremony is called an upsherin (Yiddish for "to shear"). This is a link to a mother's story about such an event: http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3068/jewish/Upsherin.htm
I don't know what your time frame is, but my local rabbi's son will turn three in January and we will all have an opportunity to cut a lock of his hair, say a blessing and celebrate the day. If you don't want to wait until then, I could ask the Rabbi if he knows of another family with a son celebrating his third birthday before January and who would embrace a reporter and photographer recording the event.
Alice