Brit milah: Sephardi Jews, Ashkenazi Jews, Yiddish language, Ceremony, Judaism, Covenant, Names of God in Judaism, Mohel, Seudat mitzvah, Religious male circumcision
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 >>
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