Reply To: Source for Upsherins

I wouldn’t claim that Upsherrin is Chukas AKU”M. There was a mildly similar pagan ritual Bizman Chazal, but it’s highly unlikely that that’s where the idea came from. The Minhag started among a tiny group in Tzfat in the 1600s. That group did not have contact with any pagans that continued that ritual and it is highly unlikely that they got the idea from what the Gemara says the pagans did. However it started, it very likely isn’t Chukas AKU”M.