Discussion Questions: Jewish Hair-Cutting Ceremony
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What observations can you make about hair from
what you have learned about religious traditions? Why do you think hair plays
such an important role?
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What other examples have you seen in religions of the use of the sense
of taste, like the honey in this video, or smell?
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Here, the coins encourage people to be generous. Where do we see
encouragement to generosity in other traditions?
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Can everything in life have a religious or spiritual meaning? Why or
why not? Give an example of something in your own life that has religious or
spiritual meaning for you.
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The video explains that the tradition of the upsherin is rooted
in a verse in the Torah which compares man to a tree. In what spiritual ways
might people be compared to trees?
