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    The brit milah (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה‎, Modern Israeli: [bʁit miˈla], Ashkenazi: [bʁis ˈmilə]; "covenant of circumcision") or bris (Yiddish: ברית‎, Yiddish:...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    practiced today. At birkat hamazon concluding the celebratory meal of a brit milah (ritual circumcision), in the Eastern Ashkenazic rite, additional introductory...
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  • 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...
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  • hissing, inversion or pressure during restraint. The Jewish practice of brit milah, or circumcision of infant males, has been attacked in both ancient and...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    8th day of the 4th month of the Chinese calendar. The religious rite of brit milah (commonly known as circumcision) is held on a baby boy's eighth day of...
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