The brit milah (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה, Ashkenazi pronunciation, bris milôh, "covenant of circumcision"; Yiddish pronunciation, bris) is a Jewish religious male circumcision ceremony performed on 8-day-old male infants by a mohel. The brit milah is followed by a celebratory meal (seudat mitzvah).
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Bpeh - Hatafat Dam Brit
... Circumcision alone, in the absence of the brit milah ceremony, does not fulfill the requirements of the mitzvah ... In the case of a Jew who was circumcised outside of a brit milah, or an already-circumcised convert, the mohel draws a symbolic drop of blood from the penis ... A brit milah is not considered complete unless blood is actually drawn ...
... Circumcision alone, in the absence of the brit milah ceremony, does not fulfill the requirements of the mitzvah ... In the case of a Jew who was circumcised outside of a brit milah, or an already-circumcised convert, the mohel draws a symbolic drop of blood from the penis ... A brit milah is not considered complete unless blood is actually drawn ...
Conservative Responsa - Annotated Bibliography
... aliyot for couples, Kashrut, leasing on Shabbat, tattooing and body piercing, anesthesia and Brit Milah, ritual responses to miscarriages or the deaths of babies who lived ... Contains responsa on Abortion, bar/Bat Mitzvah Brit Milah Conversion Death, mourning and funeral practices Divorce and gittin Gambling Intermarriage ... be audio-taped or video-taped? Shabbat and Brit Milah Rabbinic supervision of Jewish owned businesses operating on Shabbat Should bakeries which are open on Shabbat be supervised? the triennieal system for reading ...
... aliyot for couples, Kashrut, leasing on Shabbat, tattooing and body piercing, anesthesia and Brit Milah, ritual responses to miscarriages or the deaths of babies who lived ... Contains responsa on Abortion, bar/Bat Mitzvah Brit Milah Conversion Death, mourning and funeral practices Divorce and gittin Gambling Intermarriage ... be audio-taped or video-taped? Shabbat and Brit Milah Rabbinic supervision of Jewish owned businesses operating on Shabbat Should bakeries which are open on Shabbat be supervised? the triennieal system for reading ...
Dam Brit - Suction, metzitzah Technique
... In addition to milah (the actual circumcision) and priah, mentioned above, the Talmud mentions a third step, metzitzah, or squeezing some blood from the wound ... As opposed to milah, a Divine law, and priah, a Rabbinic law, metzitzah is a Rabbinic injunction meant to protect the health of the baby As understood by medical science of ... religious law- metzitzah came to be regarded as an essential part of the brit milah ceremony ...
... In addition to milah (the actual circumcision) and priah, mentioned above, the Talmud mentions a third step, metzitzah, or squeezing some blood from the wound ... As opposed to milah, a Divine law, and priah, a Rabbinic law, metzitzah is a Rabbinic injunction meant to protect the health of the baby As understood by medical science of ... religious law- metzitzah came to be regarded as an essential part of the brit milah ceremony ...
Brit Milah - The Anti-circumcision Movement and brit Shalom
... of Reform and Reconstructionist rabbis, and have developed a welcoming ceremony that they call the brit shalom ("Covenant Peace") for such children, also accepted by Humanistic Judaism ... This ceremony of brit shalom is not officially approved of by the Reform or Reconstructionist rabbinical organizations, who make the recommendation that male infants should be circumcised, though the issue of converts ... for an alternate covenant ceremony, brit atifah, for both boys and girls as a welcoming ritual into Judaism ...
... of Reform and Reconstructionist rabbis, and have developed a welcoming ceremony that they call the brit shalom ("Covenant Peace") for such children, also accepted by Humanistic Judaism ... This ceremony of brit shalom is not officially approved of by the Reform or Reconstructionist rabbinical organizations, who make the recommendation that male infants should be circumcised, though the issue of converts ... for an alternate covenant ceremony, brit atifah, for both boys and girls as a welcoming ritual into Judaism ...
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