A Visit to the Barbershop on Lag B'Omer
The barber shop at 11 Broadway in Lower Manhattan, run by a skillful group of Bukharian Jews, was absolutely poppin’ by mid-morning today. The ship was tight—it had to be, especially on Lag B’Omer, the holiday that interrupts the counting of the Omer, the 49-day mourning period that runs from the second day of Passover until the day before Shavuot.
On Lag B’Omer, many observant Jews get haircuts, which are restricted, along with weddings and listening to live or recorded music, during the Omer. And though there isn’t space for a chuppah or a stage in the lobby of 11 Broadway, its barbers are good for a quick, quality trim. Then, it’s on to the next; they’re efficient, the exact opposite of the DMV adjacent to the shop where the time spent (wasted?) is counted in hours, not minutes.
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