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		This particular question - whether mila is the actual cutting or the preparations which facilitate the cutting, sparked the famous controversy whether ideally a father should perform his son's mila rather than delegating it to another.
		Mila is definitely zman grama but conceivably could be a zman grama for which women would be chayav were it not for a special pasuk.
		But mila which is performed on another and has no pertinence to her, I might suggest she would be chayav, just like Beit Din which must circumcise children whose father was derelict - for this reason the pasuk teaches me that women are patur.) This ambiguous and multifaceted Ramban allows several meanings.
	www.vbm-torah.org /archive/metho56/12mila.doc (2315 words)

	A Mother Questions Brit Mila
		In the case of a brit, we are talking about a religious rite altering forever not an elbow or a knee, but the organ of reproduction with all of its powerful symbolism.
		A brit is very much a men's ritual, from which the mother, who bore the child for nine months and gave birth to him, is traditionally excluded, one rationale being that she will be too vulnerable in her post-partum state to witness the surgery.
		Finally, the brit milla is one of the major ways in which Judaism differs from Christianity; therefore many Jews have the sense that a rejection of circumcision implies an embracing of Christianity.
	www.jewishcircumcision.org /hj1988.htm (4110 words)

	Brit Mila - Part II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Brit Mila - Part II There is an interesting debate among Rishonim concerning the reasoning behind the mitzva of Brit Mila.
		Brit Mila reaffirms its status as the major identifying feature of the Jew at the time of the Exodus from Egypt (Shemot 12).
		Finally, we should note that Brit Mila is one of only two positive commandments (Korban Pesach is the other) for which one receives kareit (spiritual excision) if he fails to perform it (see Keritot 2a).
	www.chaburas.org /mila2.html (1316 words)

	Opposition to circumcision rises in Israel
		Brit shalom, also called an alternative brit, brit b'li mila (covenant without cutting) or brit haim (covenant of life), is practiced among Jews - primarily in America - who oppose circumcising their children, or who think that since the traditional practice only welcomes males into the covenant, it's sexist.
		At an Israeli brit, a woman at the ceremony asked Sacks if she could have the foreskin to swallow because she had heard the legend that doing so helps a barren woman conceive.
		Unlike the rabbi played by Ben Stiller in Keeping the Faith, Sacks has never himself fainted at a brit mila, but he does admit that he was sweating and his knees were shaking the first time he performed the operation.
	www.cirp.org /news/jerusalempost11-21-02 (4575 words)

	Customs of the Brit Mila (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Thus, people would gather together at the home of the new parents the night before a Brit Mila was to happen as a way of secretly coming together for this mitzva, as well as to keep the new parents safe.
		This idea of involving other mitzvot in the Brit Mila is expressed as well in the practice of leaving one's tefillin on while the Brit Mila is being performed.
		In terms of the Brit Mila itself, it should be noted that we do not say the blessing of shehecheyanu, even if it is the father's first son.
	www.chaburas.org /mila1.html (1233 words)

	What is Circumcision?
		At a Brit Milah, the mohel removes the baby's foreskin and draws blood from the reproductive organ, after which the baby is given a Jewish name.
		Brit Milah literally means "covenant of circumcision." Abraham, Judaism's founding father, was the first person in history to have a Brit Milah.
		Translating Brit Milah as simply "circumcision" rather than "covenant circumcision," erroneously implies that the removal of the foreskin is the most important element of the mitzvah.
	www.aish.com /literacy/lifecycle/What_is_Circumcision$.asp (1189 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It should be noted that the actual mitzva of 'mila' [circumcision] is not the covenant itself; rather that mitzva serves as symbol of this covenant [an 'ot brit'] - a constant sign [reminder] of this special relationship.
		On the other hand, Brit Bein Ha-Btarim foresees a severe oppression in a foreign land, followed by a glorious redemption (including the punishment of the oppressor and the attainment of great wealth), culminating with the conquest of the Promised Land.
		Furthermore, if this is only 'brit mila', then their redemption may a temporary salvation, for the full four hundred year time period may not be over yet.
	www.tanach.org /shmot/vaeyra1.txt (2622 words)

	Yeshiva.org.il - The Laws of “Brit Mila”
		Through Brit Mila we declare to the entire world that we, the Jewish people, continue to be firm in our faith and ready to sacrifice ourselves until we have reached the materialization of all of our upright and just aspirations.
		The second is that he be a good and righteous individual, for, after all, Brit Mila is the first Torah commandment which the child fulfills, and it is only fitting that this important precept be performed by a good and righteous, for "everything proceeds according to the nature of its inception" (Rema, Yoreh Deah 264:1).
		Regarding the Seudat Brit Mila, though, because it represents more than all else the purification of the physical, one is obligated to take part, to be happy, and to savor the taste of the food.
	www.yeshiva.org.il /midrash/shiur.asp?id=2114 (4641 words)

	Mohel amputates penis in disastrous brit mila (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Such a thing is extremely rare, but I have heard of one or two other cases here over the year.
		Any mohel who does such a thing must be blind, have taken a drink, or been pushed while performing the brit mila," he said.
		The fact that there is no circumcision law, "due to pressure from American Conservative, Reform, and female circumcisers who are afraid they'll be left out," means there are unlicensed mohelim, Weisberg said, but he could not estimate how many there were out of the total of several hundred practicing mohelim in the country.
	www.cirp.org /news/jpost1 (334 words)

	Talk:Ger tzedek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		You wrote it yourself, Mikhvah is the final requirement for a Ger Tzedek or Proselyte and not circumcision.
		Zest: FIRST comes the circumcision (and yes, if the converting gentile did have it done earlier it must now be done symbolically with just a drop of blood drawn, known as hatafat dam brit), and then the FINAL STEP is the immersion in the waters of the mikveh, as far as I know.
		Why would you think that a man can "skip" brit mila (the required circumcison of conversion), and fancy to call himself a Halakhic "Jew" by merely going into a mikveh?
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Ger_tzedek (1832 words)

	Rabbi Moshe Trager, Mohel - Ritual Circumcision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Bris Mila, ritual circumcision, is one of the most fundamental precepts of the Jewish religion.
		A Joyous Beginning A Bris Mila performed according to Jewish tradition is a wonderful beginning for a new-born child.
		It is a memorable experience, replete with significance and meaning for all those involved - the first of many milestones and happy occasions to be joyously celebrated during the child's life, as he grows to be a source of nachas and satisfaction to all those close to him.
	www.brisinfo.com (246 words)

	Circumcision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Brit (or Bris) Milah is the Jewish ceremony of circumcision and naming of a baby boy.
		It is usually done eight days after the birth of the boy and is done at the parents home, synagogue, or other public place of importance.
		The Brit Milah means "covenant of circumcision" and represents the covenant between the Jewish people and God, first formed by Abraham.
	philo.ucdavis.edu /zope/home/bruce/RST23/STDNTPAGES/Hunt/whatisit.htm (85 words)

	Jewish Practices by Denomination
		Requires instruction on Jewish life, and agreement to fulfill the commandments, brit mila and tevila (immersion in a ritual bath).
		Requires instruction on Jewish life, an agreement to fulfill the commandments, brit mila and tevila.
		Brit mila and tevila not required in U.S. Requires brit mila and tevila.
	web.clas.ufl.edu /users/kenwald/pos4291/spring_00/jewish_practice.htm (391 words)

	Greek and Jewish Spirituality - Darche Noam Institutions
		The Greeks prohibited the observance of Shabbat, Brit Mila (circumcision), and Kiddush Hachodesh (court sanctification of a new month based on the new moon).
		Brit Mila represented Judaism's conviction of man's ability to transcend his natural lusts and instincts, to control and elevate them.
		We find the number eight in Brit Mila, the eternal covenant of membership of the Jewish people.
	www.darchenoam.org /articles/web/holidays/ar_chan_rsk.htm (1592 words)

	Reb Candy's article on Brit Mila
		I guess I was naïve enough to think that most Jews were familiar with the brit and the differences between the procedures. To say it simply, most Jews I have talked to had NO IDEA of the real facts.
		First, Brit Mila is, in fact, the most humane procedure if one is to do a circumcision at all. Second, it is my opinion that even medically the potential benefits outweigh the potential negatives.
		So we see that traditional brit mila is, in fact, a very 'advanced' procedure, already encompassing beneficial baby-comforting devices doctors are only now learning. Not bad for a ritual that is thousands of years old.
	www.rebcandy.homestead.com /britmila.html (824 words)

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		At the end of pasrshat Lech Lecha, God makes two covenants with Avraham, the first is brit ben habetarim (the covenant of the parts) and the second is brit mila.
		Most telling of this connection is the promise made with Brit Ben Habetarim, that Avraham’s descendants will be made into slaves in a foreign land, the nation that oppresses them will be judged, and they will return to Eretz Yisrael.
		R’ Menachem Liebtag suggests this as the reason of Brit Ben HaBetarim’s presence in the Haggadah (the V’hee Sheamda is referring to brit ben habetarim).
	www.koe.org /tsav.html (998 words)

	Sherman, Mohel
		A Brit Milah takes place on the eighth day during the daylight hours only.
		A Brit Milah can be postponed at any time (including the day of the ceremony) if there is any question about the health of the baby.
		Normal physiological jaundice is normal and does not delay the Brit Milah.
	www.emoil.com /supplies.htm (1435 words)

	Rabbi Malka's Brit Milah Page - Mazel Tov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		London (JTA)-Crown Prince Charles, son of Princess Elizabeth and heir to the British throne, was circumcised in Buckingham Palace by Rabbi Jacob Snowman, official Mohel of the London Jewish community.
		If there is the slightest possibility of danger to the child, the Brit MUST be postponed until such time as all signs of danger subside.
		The Brit Milah is a happy occasion, full of the beauty and sanctity of Jewish tradition.
	www.funspot.net /malka (983 words)

	FJC \| News \| Chief Mohel of Ukraine Speaks about Brit Mila (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		"I realized that the main goal was to explain to parents why it is so important to have a Brit Mila in accordance with the Torah and that it was absolutely not harm a person," explained Rabbi Gaisinovich.
		Even within the Former Soviet Union, sometimes he needs to travel quite far to conduct the Brit Mila ceremony, such as a recent ceremony for a ten-year-old boy residing in Kazakhstan.
		The 'Brit Yosef Yitzchak' Center where Rabbi Gaisinovich is based is located in Donetsk.
	www.fjc.ru /news/newsArticle.asp?AID=282180 (437 words)

	Q and A on Brit Mila Ceremony
		For the mitzvah of ritual circumcision (brit) to be fulfilled, the foreskin must be completely removed, and blood must be drawn.
		A brit that takes place before the eighth day or after sunset is not kosher; it is as if no brit were performed at all.
		The brit must be performed on the eighth day even if it is a Sabbath or a festival--if the child was born by vaginal delivery.
	www.rabbichirnomas.com /qa.html (686 words)

	The Land and The Covenant 3:3
		Perceiving G-d in the Land depends on the mitzva of Brit Mila.
		Also perceiving G-d is dependent upon the guarding of the Brit Mila and keeping it holy, even when living in Eretz Yisrael.
		As is hinted to in the verses, "I will ratify my covenant between Me and you and between your offspring after you, throughout their generations, as an everlasting covenant, to be a God for you and your offspring after you.
	www.kabbalaonline.org /MajorConcepts/landofisrael/The_Land_and_The_Covenant_33.asp (1150 words)

	Tehilla - Midrash -Brit Mila and Eretz Yisrael (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tehilla - Midrash -Brit Mila and Eretz Yisrael
		We have to perform the mitzvah of mila.
		Our first question was when the Navi tells us that Yehoshua needs to do a Brit Mila for the second time and it had explained that they had done brit mila when they have come out of Mitzrayim but then they didn't do it for forty years.
	www.tehilla.com /midrash/cheshvan5762/brit.html (1132 words)

	This Normal Life
		Jody and I had been asked to be kvatterim at the brit mila (circumcision) ceremony for our friends Josh and Chaya’s new son The kvatter, a special honor given to friends or family during the brit, takes the baby from the mother and passes him to the father just prior to the main event.
		“We all know that the brit mila is commanded to take place on the eighth day,” he said.
		I’d always believed that brit mila was the first act of entering into a life-long covenant with the Jewish people, a covenant that was meant for living, not death.
	brianblum.blogspot.com /2004/02/covenant.html (785 words)

	Young Israel - Rabbi's letter Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Throughout history mila has come under attack yet Jews in the main did not abandon brit mila.
		Even so, there were notable efforts to secretly perform brit mila under the most clandestine though dangerous of circumstances.
		For the Jew, circumcision shall remain the eternal ot brit beini u'veineichem while our search of conscience with all of its attendant pain will always sound the clarion call that the process of tshuva stands as one of G-d's greatest acts of loving kindness unto the world community of humankind.
	www.youngisrael.org /articles/491001.htm (422 words)

	HADASSAH MAGAZINE
		The choices available to parents begin with the name of the welcoming ceremony—simhat bat, brit bat (covenant of a daughter), brit b’not Yisrael (covenant of the daughters of Israel), brit kedusha (covenant of holiness), brit hayyim (covenant of life), hag hakhnasa labrit (celebration of entry into the covenant) or, in English, a day of blessing.
		Families can choose to set the occasion at different times: on the baby’s eighth day of life, as a parallel to the mandated time for a brit mila; on the thirtieth day (30 days is the period after which a Jewish child was historically counted in a census); or on the first convenient Sunday morning.
		The ways in which families induct their daughter into the covenant—or, if they are more traditional and do not believe that girls must be brought into it as boys must, the ways in which they acknowledge her membership in the covenant and Jewish people—also vary widely.
	hadassah.org /news/content/per_hadassah/archive/2002/Oct_02/Family.htm (1802 words)

	Mail-Jewish Volume 47 Number 25
		There are those who hold that metzitza b'peh is an integral part of brit mila - I guess that means that according to this view one has not fulfilled the mitzva unless this component of the procedure has been performed.
		When a circumcision was not initially performed leshem mitzva, one transforms it into a brit mila through hatafat dam brit as Frank described (there is actually a machlochet about it, but this is certainly the accepted halacha).
		That may be the logical extension of the hard-line position on metzitza b'peh, which is probably not a position that any of these folks would acknoledge that they are advocating.
	www.ottmall.com /mj_ht_arch/v47/mj_v47i25.html (1807 words)

	Births & Baby Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Marcia Yaarit Colten, and Reuben David Colten — daughter and son of Roger Colten and Sarah Berry, were born on 02 August 2006 in New Haven, and celebrated a simhat bat and brit mila at BEKI.
		Yael Shira Sela and Gavriel Yair Sela, daughter and son of Alisha Vorspan and Ahud Sela, grandchildren of Nadav and Rita Sela, were born on Tuesday 04 May 2004 – 13 Iyar 5764, in New York, New York, and were entered into the Covenant on Tuesday 11 May 2004 at JTSA in New York.
		Noah Michael Golden, son of Janet and David Golden, was born on Wednesday 09 April 2003 – 07 Nisan 5763, in Milford, Connecticut, and was entered into the Covenant through brit mila (rite of circumcision) on Wednesday 16 April 2003 at the family residence.
	www.beki.org /births.html (895 words)

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