Male circumcision is a rite of passage in some religions, such as Islam and Judaism, but others choose circumcision for possible health benefits. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024 Why one teen broke with the brotherhood - After initiation rites – including circumcision –the boys leave their...
Judaism ritual circumcision of male babies, usually at eight days old, regarded as the formal entry of the child to the Jewish community“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998,...
n.circumcision; religious ceremony in Judaism and Islam, cutting off the prepuce of a male believer, performed on newborn babies in Judaism, and children in Islam xíng gē lǐ 行割礼 be circumcised wǒ céng jīng bèi yǔn xǔ guān kàn yī cì gē lǐ yí shì ...
Ancient Judaism : debates and disputes : second series by Jacob Neusner (South Florida studies in the history of Judaism, no. 5) Scholars Press, c1990 J Neusner - Scholars Press 被引量: 6发表: 1984年 Afrahat, O obrzezaniu (De monstratio XI.De circumcisione. Patrologia Syriaca I, 467...
The adverb Ιουδαικως (Ioudaikos), meaning Jewishly, in a Jewish way or after the manner of the Jews (Galatians 2:14 only). The noun Ιουδαισμος (Ioudaismos), meaning Judaism (Galatians 1:13-14 only). What makes a Jew? In our modern age, a Jew is someo...
In other words: in the mind of first century Romans, a colonnade would be construed as a visual representation of a covenant, which is of course an idea most central to Judaism and quite befitting the Jewish temple. The temple complex built by Herod in Jerusalem thus too had a stoa ...
Gaissinovitch, a urologist and mohel who performs the Jewish rite of circumcision, said it pained him, as an observant Jew, to drive on Shabbat – a forbidden act on the day of rest and prayer except when lives are at stake. “I drove nonstop for 12 hours to Moldova to save ...
fled the Ukrainian city of Dnipro by car on Friday, March 4. Gaissinovitch, a urologist and mohel who performs the Jewish rite of circumcision, said it pained him, as an observant Jew, to drive on Shabbat – a forbidden act on the day of rest and prayer except when lives are at ...
The problem of "neighborliness" was acute in Judaism because of the people's self-consciousness of being the chosen people (Gen 12:1-3;15:1-6;17:1-8), sealed in the rite of circumcision (17:9-14). Election set Israel apart, made the people particularly loyal to their own kind (cf...
noun The letter ⴷ in the Tifinagh alphabet. noun Judaism A pointer used in the ritual of Torah-reading. Etymologies from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition [Mishnaic Hebrew yād, from Hebrew, hand; see yd in Semitic roots.] from Wiktionary, Creative...