zahavasdad – age is actually shown more on the face than the hair. Even if you have a lot of grey hair, if your face still looks young, people can tell that you are young. This past Shabbat, at my shul there was a Bar Mitzvah. When the bochur’s father went to the bimah, my friend said to me that he looked quite old to have such a young child – he had a full head of silver hair. I said to her that I thought he looked young and it was just his hair. When they walked around with the Torah, it was easy to see that the father was probably no older than his early 40’s – if that. My friend then agreed with me – it was only his hair and from the distance it was hard to tell his age.
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