The Lev Malka organization is organizing hair donations to be made into wigs for cancer patients. The festival of Lag Ba'Omer begins Saturday night and it is a traditional day for parents to give their three-year-old child a first haircut, referred to as an "upsherin" or "khalaka". The director of Lev Malka, Rabbi Aharon Aberman told Arutz Sheva news "a wig can give a good feeling to children with cancer who may be ashamed to leave their homes without hair."
A side effect of chemotherapy treatments is temporary hair loss.