The article presents information on the Brit Shalom, an option for parents who wish to participate in a significant part of the Jewish tradition but refuse circumcision for their children. The ceremony is said to be creat...
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R. Simon is given as authority for the statement that in the case of the goat offered as a sacrifice for idolatry (Num. xv. 34) the elders were required to perform the laying on of hands (Men. 92a). The position assumed by the offerer during this ceremony is described in Tosef., ...
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generally evaluate an idea not solely based on its conformance with the Torah, but also in light of its agreement with reason and experience. For those Jews who decide against circumcision, there are over a dozen rabbis who will lead an alternative welcoming ceremony for baby boys called abrit...
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Which of the following are names for the welcoming ceremony for baby girls? Brit Bat Simchat Bat Brit Malah Both A & B All of the above Question 6 of 6 True or false: Many Jewish parents give their child a secular name and a Hebrew name. ...
Among Ashkenazic Jews (those of German and Eastern European origin), it is a longstanding practice for baby girls to be formally given their names during the Torah service in the synagogue on a Shabbat morning. The first known full-blown ceremony of welcoming, naming, and covenant for a girl...
in hospital or outside of hospital. At the ceremony itself, both Judith and Joel identified with Mishmar’s pain. Judith could not stand it and went out of the room. Joel stayed behind; one of them needed to be there for Mishmar. After the cutting, themohelgave Mishmar some wine drops...
In some of the representations of the circumcision ceremony (as in Kirchner and Leusden) Elijah's chair is incorrectly placed at the left of the sandek; in others (as in Buxtorf's "Synagoga," the Amsterdam Pesaḥ Haggadah, etc.), it is not pictured at all. See Godfather. Bibliograp...