Does anybody know why Jewish boys aren’t supposed to cut their hair until age of 3?

Question

I have a baby boy, 1 more year to go with his long hair, I do it because it’s our custom, but I would like to know the religious explanation

If you don’t know the answer, please don’t be disrespectful – just don’t answer

Answer 1

It is an age-old Jewish custom to refrain from cutting a boy’s hair until he is three years old. On the boy’s third Jewish birthday it is customary for the parents to invite friends and relatives to participate in an “Upsherin” ceremony, where each of the assembled guests is given a scissor and is invited to participate in the haircut by cutting off a hair lock. The Upsherin marks the commencement of the child’s formal education. Care is taken to leave the child’s payot intact, thus initiating him in the ways of G-d’s commandments. After the Upsherin, the child is taught to wear a kipah and tzitzit, and is slowly trained to recite blessings and the Shema.

After the Upsherin, the child is taught to wear a kipah and tzitzit, and is slowly trained to recite blessings and the Shema

The Torah says that “a person is [compared to] the tree of the field” (Deuteronomy 20:19). Just as it is forbidden to benefit from the produce of a tree for the first three years after it is planted, so too we do not cut a boy’s hair until he is three years old. From the fourth year and onwards we begin to enjoy the fruit of the tree; and from this point onwards the world begins to benefit from the Torah and mitzvot of a young child.

Answer 2

::shakes head:: Obviously you are a devout Jew If you don't even know why that is your custom lmao. Sorry no offense really that just cracked me up. Anyway from other answers it appears you have your answer. I was thinking perhaps it had something to do with being a Nazarite as Samson was called to be, but guess not. Oh well :o)

Answer 3

So your custom is to make your child suffer, and you don't even understand why. You have already cut off part of his penis for religious reasons, now you are refusing to cut his hair? Great parenting, just follow blindly like a sheep and to heck with the best interests of your child.

Answer 4

I'm a Reform Jew and this is actually something that Orthodox Jews do.
Go to the links and learn.

Answer 5

quantrill37 basically got it on the mark

Answer 6

That's ridiculous, if it bothers him, you should cut it.