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1824 illustration from Lipník nad Bečvou. The brit milah (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה , Modern Israeli: [bʁit miˈla], Ashkenazi: [bʁis ˈmilə]; "covenant of circumcision") or bris (Yiddish: ברית , Yiddish:) is the ceremony of circumcision in Judaism and Samaritanism, during which the foreskin is surgically removed. [1]
Circumcision is widely practiced by the Druze: [65] practiced as a cultural tradition, and has no religious significance. [66] No special interval is specified: Druze infants are usually circumcised shortly after birth, [67] however some remain uncircumcised until age ten or older. [67]
The Jewish life cycle: rites of passage from biblical to modern times. Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0295984414. Rabbi Peter Knobel, ed. (2018). Navigating the journey: the essential guide to the Jewish life cycle. New York, NY: Central Conference of American Rabbis, CCAR Press. ISBN 978-0-88123-293-6.
A mohel (Hebrew: מוֹהֵל , Ashkenazi pronunciation [ˈmɔɪ.əl], plural: מוֹהֲלִים mohalim, Imperial Aramaic: מוֹהֲלָא mohala, "circumciser") is a Jewish man trained in the practice of brit milah, the "covenant of male circumcision". [1] Women who are trained in the practice are referred to as a mohelet
The 1st-century Jewish author Philo Judaeus (20 BCE – 50 CE) [56] defended Jewish circumcision on several grounds, including health, cleanliness and fertility. [57] He also thought that circumcision should be done as early as possible as it would not be as likely to be done by someone's own free will.
The Jewish and Islamic traditions both see circumcision as a way to distinguish a group from its neighbours. [29] The Bible records "uncircumcised" being used as a derogatory reference for opponents [30] and Jewish victory in battle that culminated in mass post-mortem circumcision, to provide an account of the number of enemy casualties. [31]
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An ancient illustration of circumcision. A sandek or sandak (Hebrew: סנדק "companion of child") is a person honored at a Jewish brit milah (circumcision) ceremony, traditionally either by holding the baby boy on the knees or thighs while the mohel performs the brit milah, or by handing the baby to the mohel. [1]