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By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Question: A woman has a son with adorable blond curly hair. She is finding it enormously difficult to cut her son’s hair at age three. Can she push off the upsherin for this reason? Answer: Let’s first get some background.
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I have to presume that this woman is not aware of the problems with the practice of not cutting a boy's hair until age 3.  From</div>
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