Hasidic Rebbe Dances Enthusiastically at Grandchildren's Hair-Cutting Ceremony
The Rebbe of Seret-Vizhnitz led an enthusiastic dance with his great-grandsons during their "chalaka" ceremony, a traditional hair-cutting ritual for three-year-old boys, held at the Hasidic center in Haifa. The event celebrated the grandsons of Rabbi Baruch Hager, sons of Rabbi Yisrael Hager and Rabbi Chaim Meir Hager.
The Rebbe personally cut locks of the boys' hair, then adorned them with a kippah (skullcap) and a "talit katan" (a garment worn by Jewish males). Following the ritual, he presented them with a book titled 'Masoret' before breaking into a spirited dance, met with cheers from the assembled Hasidim.
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