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brit milah

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brit milah [ˈbrit miˈlɑː ˈmilɑ]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) Judaism a Hebrew term usually translated as circumcision


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This is true, as well, of the famous brit milah (circumcision) episode on Cheers, which begins with the worried Gentile father, Frasier, making a crack to his drinking buddies about his being "grateful to Lilith and her Jewish faith for providing Frederick a heritage of spirituality" (p.
Blessings: Our Jewish Ceremonies, by Melanie Hope Greenberg (1995), offers brief descriptions of 13 ceremonies, including Brit Milah (welcome for a baby boy), Simhat Bat (welcome for a baby girl), marriage, divorce, and burial.
Yet other aspects of traditional Jewish culture marked the Jews as inescapably different: the mikvah (the ritual public bath), kashrut (the Jewish dietary laws), shehitah (ritual slaughter of animals), and brit milah (ritual circumcision).
 
 
 
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