Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/13

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Upsherin
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Bob Adler)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 21:35:00 -0700
References: <CAAsXt4N15yNWRuuerh6eCSzxti+YrMde4QwgAckjEqdXgvtj3w@mail.gmail.com> <D3789B0C-324A-4786-B382-F70FE94E30D7@me.com>

Shearing: love it!
Thanks Gerry.

Sent from my iPad

On Aug 13, 2013, at 9:20 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote:

> The second image works for me. The word 'upsherin' sounds like many 
> Pennsylvania Dutch words to my ears, although they are probably worlds 
> away culturally. Thanks for sharing, or should that be shearing?
> 
> Gerry
> 
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> On 14 Aug 2013, at 04:13, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Def:  (Yiddish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yiddish>: ??????, lit. "shear
>> off") is a Jewish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism> haircutting
>> ceremony <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_haircut> It is held when a
>> Jewish boy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy> is three years old.
>> 
>> Before:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rgacpa_HI/_DSF1257-Edit.jpg.html
>> 
>> During:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rgacpa_HI/_DSF1349-Edit.jpg.html
>> 
>> Didn't stay around for the "after". First, and most likely, the last such
>> ceremony I've ever attended.
>> C&C always welcome,
>> Bob
>> 
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In reply to: Message from rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler) ([Leica] IMG: Upsherin)
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