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'Baʿal of the Covenant') and El Berith (Hebrew: אל ברית, lit. 'God of the Covenant') are titles of a god or gods worshiped in Shechem , in ancient Canaan , according to the Bible . The term for "covenant" (Hebrew: ברית , romanized: bərīt ) appears also in Ugaritic texts (second millennium BCE) as brt ( 𐎁𐎗𐎚 ), in connection ...
Berith, Berit, or Brit (Hebrew: ברית) may refer to: Covenants in Hebrew, particularly The biblical covenant between God and Israel; Brit milah, ceremony of circumcision; Berit Rihitzah, "Covenant of Washing" for girls; Brit Bat, "Covenant of the Daughter", Jewish naming ceremony for newborn girls; Baal Berith, Canaanite deity
Elohim tzivita li-yedidcha bechiracha (Hebrew: אלהים צוית לידידך בחירך, literally "God, You Commanded Your Beloved Chosen One") is a piyyut recited during Birkat Hamazon for the meal of a berit milah ceremony. The piyyut is composed by Rabbi Ephraim of Bonn.
The Berit Menuḥa focuses on a complex system describing the various hypostases of the divine world and God, and associating them with the niqqudot or vowel markings of the Hebrew script. Especially central is the role of the divine, angelic, and magical names associated with the various sefirot or divine emanations described. They are often ...
The Hebrew Bible makes reference to a number of covenants (Hebrew: בְּרִיתוֹת) with God ().These include the Noahic Covenant set out in Genesis 9, which is decreed between God and all living creatures, as well as a number of more specific covenants with Abraham, the whole Israelite people, the Israelite priesthood, and the Davidic lineage of kings.
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]
Illustration of the events described (1728) According to the Hebrew Bible, the covenant of the pieces or covenant between the parts (Hebrew: ברית בין הבתרים, romanized: Brit Bein HaBetarim) is an important event in Jewish History. [1]
In medieval times the sandek was known by many other names as well, including "ba'al berit" (master of the covenant), "ba'al berit ha-milah" (master of the covenant of circumcision), "tofes ha-yeled" (holder of the child), "av sheni" (second father), and "shaliach" (messenger). The office was surrounded with marks of honor.