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Sun, Jul 03 2022, 8:33 am
I'm lubavitch, we do upshernish (have one next week imyh) never heard of this... it is bringing to mind a story of someone who weighed their child and donated the difference daily in gold, maybe before the churban to illustrate how the wealthy fell? But never heard anything about hair. Sounds made up honestly.
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happy chick


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Sun, Jul 03 2022, 8:55 am
I remember hearing this from someone. it may be a minhag the skvere chassidim do. I was not aware, though, that it was so much money. its one of the many ways that the chassidim keep their Rebbe funded.
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mfb


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Sun, Jul 03 2022, 8:58 am
I definitely heard of it but we didn’t do it.
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Mommastuff


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Sun, Jul 03 2022, 9:34 am
Im not chassidish, though I wad told of this minhag, but it isn't that costly. Maybe a dollar per ounce??
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happyone


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Sun, Jul 03 2022, 9:53 am
If you're chassidish , no such minhag in bobov, satmar, munkatch, belz, pupa, skver, viznitz, skolya, slonim, toldos aharon, or ger.
Wonder which chassidus you are.
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Fave


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Sun, Jul 03 2022, 10:14 am
I gave the equivalent of $1 per ounce of hair to Tzedakah.
Wasn’t a must do, but thought it was a nice minhag. Came out to around $25
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Sun, Jul 03 2022, 10:20 am
My mother braided their hair and kept the braids because she liked them. No weighing or tzedakah involved for this specifically.
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mushkamothers


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Sun, Jul 03 2022, 11:02 am
amother [ Lemonchiffon ] wrote: | https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/81568/jewish/What-Is-Done.htm
Here is a source on chabad.org
Just because you didn’t hear of it doesn’t mean it’s made up |
Nu you learn something new every day.
I did put the hair in shaimos at least
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happy chick


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Sun, Jul 03 2022, 11:27 am
ra_mom wrote: | My mother braided their hair and kept the braids because she liked them. No weighing or tzedakah involved for this specifically. |
I do the same. My husband also still has his braid (as do I .
Also, some chassidim (possible skver?) cut boys hair at 2 so there's a lot less.
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FranticFrummie


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Sun, Jul 03 2022, 12:55 pm
If this is a chumra that speaks to you, but you don't have a solid mesorah for it, you could sell the hair to a sheitel macher. Take the money you get for the hair and donate it to tzedaka. (Assuming that the hair is in healthy and usable condition.)
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Sun, Jul 03 2022, 1:01 pm
Never heard of this before. Just did an upsheren and threw his pony in the trash. A piece of my heart went along with that. I'd be crying even more if I had to pay that sum! Sounds a bit outrageous to me.
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