brit milah


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brit milah

(ˈbrit miˈlɑː; ˈmilɑ)
n
(Judaism) Judaism a Hebrew term usually translated as circumcision
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She is responsible for translation and databasing of marriage and brit milah records on JewishGen.org.
Amid rising anti-Semitism, Carr said, "we have disgraceful pieces of legislation that ban shechitah that are now contemplating banning brit milah. Well let me tell you what it is.
The Pennsylvania attorney general's office said it was told by victims that a brit milah -- a ritual circumcision ceremony at which a baby boy also receives his Hebrew name -- was also taking place, though law enforcement officials later said no children were among the dead or wounded.
One consequence of the mitzvah of brit milah, circumcision, is to make us consider the meaning of our physical vulnerability and by extension the ethics of permitting, say, human brains in human-like robotic casings.
"We urge you to vote against the bill banning Brit Milah and rather look to Norway's legislation effective from January 2015 protecting the Jews' right to Brit Milah," the statement added.
How would the brit milah (circumcision ceremony) of such a child be performed?
This prayer is not recited during brit milah because the baby is in pain.
This simple, interactive website enables members of the Jewish community to find the perfect local Rabbi or Cantor to officiate weddings, tutoring, baby naming, brit milah ceremonies, bar/bat mitzvahs, funerals, counseling, conversions and house blessings.
Could it be only a coincidence that the traditional circumcision ritual, brit milah, also occurs on the eighth day?
And his mothermy sister-in-law Ellen, a Jew who grew up Reform in the Milwaukee suburbswasn't thrilled about the notion of brit milah anyway.
The male emits blood (brit milah or hatafat dam brit), and male and female undergo immersion (tevilah) before they commit "to the blood of the covenant [biblical, sprinkling of blood'; talmudic, a Temple offering] which the Lord has made with you in agreement with all these words (acceptance of the yoke of the Torah)" [Exod 24:8].
As Moses says: "levarekho bivrit." Krauss assumes that the ger is a non-Israelite, yet how odd that one who was not inducted into the brit milah is included in the Covenant of which Moses spoke.