Individual belief and individual religiosity are no precondition for the ritual taking place on the eighth day of a boy's life. The here-presented study aims at reconstructing the ritual structure of circumcision with regard to the level of time in Jewish communities in Germany by using empirical...
Circumcision (ritual), gives a tolerably complete list of works and papers. The above article is founded mainly on the material collected by Andree and Ploss, with the use of M. Zaborowski's La Circoncision, sa Superstition en Afrique, in L'Anthropologie, vii. 653-675; idem, De la Cir...
This particular video about Brit Milah (בְּרִית מִילָה “covenant of circumcision”) is part of a larger series exploring the basics of Jewish Lifecycles. Jewish tradition is often specific. There are a myriad of Jewish subcultures and people, and the ...
As Christianity spread, more Gentiles (non-Jews) converted to Christianity and disagreements arose over the obligation to observe fundamental Jewish laws (i.e. circumcision, dietary laws, Sabbath etc.) Christians believe Jesus established a New Covenant (or Law). A new agreement between God and...
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In the case of a woman who undergoes the procedure, is she obliged to observe ritual circumcision? Already, in Israel a practical question arose: A transsexual Jew was prohibited from praying with men in the men’s section, as well as in the women’s section! If Caitlyn were visiting Isr...
The rite of Circumcision (Ex. iii. 24) appears to have been originally instituted for the same purpose. As at every meal the Deity was supposed to be present and to claim His own, every meal became a sacrifice, and the killing of the animal a sacrificial act (see I Sam. xiv.); ...
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Circumcision is a cultural rite that is of importance to the group but not necessarily to society at large. The ritual is reasonable to the group in question but unreasonable, possibly offensive, in the eyes of outsiders. When such a debate arises, the scope of tolerance afforded to the grou...
Public celebrations upon the birth of a daughter are a fairly recent phenomenon in Jewish tradition; as a result, every such ceremony is different, as the Jewish community is still in the process of defining this ritual. While the birth of a Jewish baby boy is marked by a circumcision, in...