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". Women who are trained in the practice...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

as Brit Shalom, Brit Chyam, and Brit B'lee Milah (covenant without cutting). Many Humanistic Rabbis are listed as celebrants of Brit Shalom and Brit B'lee...

frequently practiced in Judaism and Islam. The brit milah (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה‎, Modern Israeli: [bʁit miˈla], Ashkenazi: [bʁis ˈmilə]; "covenant of...

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...

invoked in other Jewish customs, among them the Passover Seder and the brit milah (ritual circumcision). He appears in numerous stories and references in...

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...

non-traditional ceremony of having a second bar mitzvah when one turns 83. Brit milah Confirmation Bar and bat meaning 'son of' and 'daughter of' respectively;...

holds that males should be circumcised eight days after birth during a Brit milah ceremony, at which they are also given their name. The circumcision of...

such as at the inauguration of a Torah scroll (hachnasat sefer Torah), brit milah (circumcision), communal celebrations, weddings, bar mitzvah celebrations...

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...

castration. His successor, Antoninus Pius, altered the edict to permit Brit Milah. During this period in history, Jewish circumcision called for the removal...

affinity is mainly to mohels and rabbis of Orthodox Judaism (for their brit milah, bar mitzvah, and weddings), and in 2015 they comprised roughly one-third...

proselytes and in turn their descendants and is signified through the brit milah (rite of circumcision). In the New Testament, the descent and promise...

Reform, a group that criticized traditional Jewish practices, said that brit milah was not a mitzvah but an outworn legacy from Israel's earlier phases,...

meeting of the Beit Din and usually a Brit Milah and a Tevilah, though the extent to which the practice of Brit Milah is observed varies from country to...

din) and, for men, circumcision (brit milah) or a symbolic circumcision for those already circumcised (hatafat dam brit). The requirements of Reform Judaism...

and their individual circumstances. For example, a male who has had a brit milah, who has a general understanding of Judaism, but who has been raised in...

amputation of an annular piece of the foreskin as in the modern Jewish rite of brit milah. Instead, it would have involved excising a triangular section, or alternately...

dessert is prepared by the Roman Jewish community on the occasion of a Brit milah (ceremony of circumcision). The name pizza is here to be understood not...

- are also sometimes eaten at other occasions, such as a wedding or a Brit milah, but without ritual. It is customary to begin the evening and day Sabbath...

maid Hagar and Hagar's son Ishmael, and the covenant of circumcision (brit milah). The parashah is made up of 6,336 Hebrew letters, 1,686 Hebrew words...

bodily autonomy. Until the 1990s the practice was largely confined to the brit milah of the small Jewish community, generally performed by a mohel travelling...

the chuppah is often painted or embroidered onto wimpels after a boy’s Brit Milah ceremony. Here, the chuppah is a reference to a wish for the boy’s life...