The brit milah (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה‎, Modern Israeli: [bʁit miˈla], Ashkenazi: [bʁis ˈmilə]; "covenant of circumcision") or bris (Yiddish: ברית‎, Yiddish:...

מוֹהֲלָא‎ mohala, "circumciser") is a Jewish man trained in the practice of brit milah, the "covenant of male circumcision". The equivalent for a woman circumciser...

mitzvah (commandment), such as a bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, a wedding, a brit milah (ritual circumcision), or a siyum (completing a tractate of Talmud or...

Western world is often that the name from birth (or perhaps from baptism or brit milah) will persist to adulthood in the normal course of affairs—either throughout...

hissing, inversion or pressure during restraint. The Jewish practice of brit milah, or circumcision of infant males, has been attacked in both ancient and...

practiced today. At birkat hamazon concluding the celebratory meal of a brit milah (ritual circumcision), in the Eastern Ashkenazic rite, additional introductory...

Canada Brit milah, the circumcision of a Jewish baby boy on the eighth day of life Brit (character), an Image Comics superhero and series Brit Stevenson...

the Brit bein HaBetarim, the "Covenant between the parts" in Hebrew (also translated as the "Covenant of the pieces"), and is the basis for brit milah (covenant...

unoccupied chair that is reserved during the Jewish ceremony of circumcision Brit milah, which according to tradition, is used by the prophet Elijah who participates...

First Maccabees also relates that the Seleucids forbade the practice of brit milah (circumcision), and punished those who performed it, as well as the infants...