Holy haircut: ceremony signals boy's ready for religious lessons

Publication
Wilmette Life, 1 Jul 2004, Images, p. 121
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Articles
Photographs
Notes
Photos taken during the ceremony of Upsherenish held for Shmuel Menachem Mendel Flinkenstein, age 3, with his family. Attending were his grandfather, Rabbi Aaron Cousin, his mother Rivka Flinkenstein and father Rabbi Dovid Flinkenstein. The ceremonial haircut symbolizes the child's readiness to begin his religious education in his Lubavitch community.

Date of Publication
1 Jul 2004
Personal Name(s)
Cousin, Aaron ; Flinkenstein, Dovid ; Flinkenstein, Rivka ; Flinkenstein, Shmuel ; Rubinsteyn, Sofia
Corporate Name(s)
Chai Center/ Chabad of Wilmette
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Wilmette.News.270950
Language of Item
English
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