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There is an interesting Medrash Tanchuma on Arleh ונטעתם וערלתם הכתוב מדבר בתינוק you will plant and avoid its use, says the medrash this is a boy child. who cannot converse or speak, in the fourth year all its fruits (deeds) will be sanctified, the father sanctifies him for Torah, for praise of Hashem. This is the basis for not cutting a boys hair until age three as the Shaarei Teshuva 531,7 says that we are allowed to postpone an obshering (hair cutting) until Chol Hamoad because it is a time of rejoicing, especially in Eretz Yisroel in Meron on Lag Beomer at the kever of Reb Shimon Bar Yachai.