Brit milah, Sephardi pronunciation, berit milah; Ashkenazi pronunciation, bris milah, “covenant of circumcision”; Yiddish, bris is a religious ceremony within Judaism to welcome infant Jewish boys into a covenant between God and the Children of Israel through ritual circumcision performed by a mohel. This happens on the eighth day of the child’s life unless health reasons or certain specific conditions pertaining to the date, time, and conditions of birth vis-a-vis … More >>