On 25/05/2011 7:21 PM, Prof. Levine wrote:
>> Upsherin is a generations-old minhag for many Ashkenazim.
>
> What is your basis for this assertion?
For one thing, it was practised by the Baal Shem Tov's talmidim at least
as long ago as 1748.
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