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	Brit milah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Deuteronomy 10:16 says: "Circumcise the foreskin of your heart," suggesting that ethical acts (among people) are as important as spiritual acts (between people and God).
		However, a small number of contemporary Jews are choosing not to circumcise their sons.
		They are assisted by a small number of Reform and Reconstructionist rabbis, and have developed a welcoming ceremony that they call the Brit Shalom ("Covenant [of] Peace") for such children.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brit_milah (1783 words)

	DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO CIRCUMCISE YOUR BABY BOY
		Do not circumcise your baby because you think there are some medical benefits.
		This is extremely rare, however, and is not a reason to circumcise everyone at birth.
		Parents who are deciding whether or not to circumcise their son may wish to consider the impact this may have in the future if the child decides they wish they were not circumcised.
	askdrsears.com /html/1/t012000.asp (819 words)

	Circumcision: We Have Heard From the Experts; Now Let's Hear From the Parents (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to analyze the relationship between the level of satisfaction with the parent's decision to circumcise or not circumcise their child and circumcision status, as well as level of satisfaction with their decision and site of pediatric practice.
		The majority of parents (n = 124 [83.2%]) agreed on the decision to circumcise or not circumcise the child; 14 (9.4%) did not agree; 10 (6.7%) participants did not have the other parent involved in the decision; and 1 survey was missing data on this question.
		The other times the participants were asked about their decision to circumcise or not circumcise the child included: while in the hospital (n = 33 [22.3%]); in the delivery room (n = 21 [14.2%]); and during the infant's routine checkup (n = 4 [2.7%]).
	www.circs.org /library/adler (4083 words)

	Circumcision — Health
		Circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and that shall be the mark of the covenant between you and me. Throughout the ages, (2) every male among you, when he is eight days old, shall be circumcised, including houseborn slaves and those acquired with money from any foreigner who is not of your blood.
		It was he who was to be cut off from his people because he had demonstrated by his failure to circumcise his son that he was not a person of faith.
		While it might well be true that the son, and indeed the whole family, was in fact cut off (separated from the community of faith) because of the sin of the father, it would be erroneous to say that guilt lay upon the person not circumcised.
	www.trosch.org /the/circumci.html (2279 words)

	The Proper Time for Circumcision
		On the contrary, he is forbidden to circumcise the child while ill, for pikuach nefesh, a threat to life, supersedes all of the Torah's commands.
		If the mitzvah would affect only the coming days, the rationale "it is possible to circumcise [the child] afterwards..." would not be sufficient in its own right, for the initial days would not have been corrected, and the advantage of fulfilling the mitzvah at the appropriate time would be lacking.
		For this reason, "it is possible to circumcise [the child] afterwards," and there will be a retroactive effect, because circumcision is revealing the inherent connection to Godliness which exists at all times, even before the circumcision.
	www.circumcision.net /insights_time.htm (1592 words)

	Why Circumcise?
		It had been a Jewish custom to circumcise on the eighth day after birth since early Biblical times, and although the Koran did not specifically ordain it, all Moslems were circumcised.
		It was a mystery why mankind, down the ages, should have shown such a strong aversion to the retention of a useful cutaneous appendage; for, despite the enormous literature on the subject, very fully dealt with in Hasting's "Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics", there was little real knowledge of the significance of the ancient rite.
		Even if the view was found to be empirically correct, it could scarcely have been the original motive that prompted the Egyptians to circumcise their young.
	www.cirp.org /news/medjaust04-25-53 (1887 words)

	Psychological Impact of Circumcision
		It appears that few involved in the decision to circumcise are aware that the pain is severe and that circumcision may have a long-term effect on sexual experience and functioning.
		The importance of conformity in the decision to circumcise is illustrated by a survey of parents of 124 newborn males born at an American hospital.
		The authors concluded that the decision to circumcise 'is more an emotional decision than a rational decision' and has a strong base in social and cultural issues [72].
	www.cirp.org /library/psych/goldman1 (6712 words)

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		It was commanded to the people, that they should circumcise their hearts.
		"Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked." (Deuteronomy 10:16) The people were circumcised, but were also stiffnecked.
		The LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, "to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul".
	www.iclnet.org /pub/resources/text/ipb-e/so/s-open-049.txt (1933 words)

	John 7:22 Moses has given you circumcision not that it
		Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
		Therefore Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on sabbath.
		Moses therefore gave to you circumcision, (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers) and ye on the sabbath circumcise a man.
	bible.cc /john/7-22.htm (216 words)

	Squick News Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Circumcise does not just exist in a vacuum.
		She said about 2,000 people converge at the compound every weekend for cleansing purposes and that they sometimes circumcise women in the palatial house.
		Yidishn means "to circumcise," and a common synonym for goy is orel, "be-foreskinned one." Thanks to bilingual wordplay, the word for Irishman translates as...
	www.xylera.com /circumciseblog.html (233 words)

	Jewish Circumcision Resource Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Moreover, if a Jewish parent does decide not to circumcise a male child, it is not generally known to the rest of the community.
		We see Jews inflicting extreme unrecognized pain with this practice, and we judge that the perpetuation of this pain is far greater than the pain that comes with confronting the issues we raise.
		Based on our contacts with hundreds of Jews who do not circumcise in the United States and in countries around the world, there is growing support for this view.
	jewishcircumcision.org (844 words)

	Luke 1:59 It happened on the eighth day, that they came
		It happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
		And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.
		And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and were going to call him Zechariah, after his father.
	bible.cc /luke/1-59.htm (242 words)

	The Decision to Circumcise: Medically Necessary or Potentially Harmful (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Expectant parents are faced with many decisions regarding the health and well being of their child, such as choosing the type of birth experience they want and contemplating breast versus bottle feeding.
		Parents struggling with the decision to circumcise their child are faced with many conflicting arguments.
		In fact, there seems to be very little reason to circumcise an infant, except to conform to a social norm that is rapidly changing as more and more parents get information.
	virtual.parkland.edu /walker102/secure/5-samp.htm (2692 words)

	Male Genital Mutilation (Circumcision): Feminist Study of a Muted Gender Issue by Seham Abd el Salam - Chapter 4
		Sa‘eed stated that his wife hesitated to circumcise their son, but he was unable to take a decision to leave the boy without circumcision in a society where all men are circumcised.
		She added that if the situation was different, i.e., if doctors used to circumcise their daughters, she will never be the first one to refrain from circumcising her daughter, except if she were very convinced and knows all aspects of the issue.
		Fathy stated that he would not hesitate to tell any person who intends to circumcise his/her son that circumcision is an unfounded procedure, and that parents are not obliged to do it to their sons.
	www.noharmm.org /muted4.htm (16840 words)

	Blue Letter Bible - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
		Before the use of iron was common, all the nations of the earth had their edge tools made of stones, flints, etc. Our ancestors had their arrows and spearheads made of flint; which are frequently turned up by the plough.
		And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
		Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
	www.blueletterbible.org /tsk_b/Jos/5/2.html (451 words)

	Circumcision: We Have Heard From the Experts; Now Let's Hear From the Parents -- Adler et al. 107 (2): 20 -- Pediatrics
		with the decision to circumcise or not circumcise the child.
		the decision to circumcise or not circumcise the child; 14 (9.4%)
		parents' decision to circumcise or not circumcise their child.
	pediatrics.aappublications.org /cgi/content/full/107/2/e20 (3728 words)

	Berkeley Parents Network: Advice about Circumcision
		I guess what I need is some advice from other Jewish parents who decided not to circumcise their sons, if they had ''alternative'' ceremonies in leui of a normal bris, and how they may have dealt with family pressures and general comments about their decisions.
		If you circumcise your son, he can choose a religious life or not (there is no orthodox or conservative wings that I know that will accept a person without this covenant).
		I had previously decided not to circumcise my soon-to-be born child if it is a boy, but am not sure what to do in the face of this new study.
	parents.berkeley.edu /advice/health/circumcision.html (19180 words)

	God Will Circumcise Your Heart for the Sake of Your Life (Deut
		And YHWH your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your seed to love YHWH your God with all your heart and all your soul, for the sake ha'ye'kha, of your life (30: 6).
		Whereas in Genesis God tells Abraham that any of his descendants who do not circumcise their foreskins will be excised and die the Deuteronomist says that they must circumcise the foreskin of their hearts but adds that there will come a time when God will do this for them.
		God will excise the life of a person who fails to circumcise himself and extend the life of a person who circumcises his heart or whose heart is circumcised by God.
	www.imohel.com /physical.htm (310 words)

	Untitled Document
		All 30 students claimed that they would not circumcise their daughters and most found it absurd and irrational that I would even ask this question.
		Judging from this small survey I believe that a majority of American parents that give consent to circumcise feel pressured by cultural influences, and are uneducated about the procedure itself.
		Most of the students believed that the doctor would automatically know to circumcise their child, "after all this is America." This finding leads me to believe that the American Academy of Pediatrics should install regulations that require all physicians to educated patents about the risks, taboos and alternatives to circumcision.
	www.nocirc.org /essays/essay1/byler.html (1277 words)

	Vasectomy Circumcise Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention of Circumcision notably Moslems, Jews and some Africans, routinely circumcise new boys, many of the world's peoples New Zealanders no longer routinely circumcise boys; the custom is also waning.
		The doctor told him that there was a procedure called a vasectomy that could fix the problem Q - how do you circumcise a redneck - A - kick his sister in.
		a number of ailments; from whether to circumcise, to prostate cancer, to baldness to male menopause techniques are explained.
	www.menshealthguru.com /menshealth/vasectomy-circumcise.html (649 words)

	Perverse reasons why doctors circumcise(21-Oct-2004)
		He might circumcise not, depending on the parent's wishes.
		One doctor deters parents by saying "I can torture your child if you like." Any doctor who mutilates because the parents who want their kid to look like their Dad, or women prefer cut penises or any other silly reason is as silly as the reason given.
		In Australia many doctors are refusing to circumcise simply because of a parental request.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~capic/drcirc.html (1309 words)

	Bris Milah Parents' Guide: Tradition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Every Jewish father is obligated to circumcise his own son (6), just as Abraham circumcised his own son, Isaac (7).
		A mohel is an observant Jew who has studied the texts and laws of bris milah; the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the penis (and related organs); and the techniques of circumcision.
		For example, a child that is not well may not be circumcised - "It is possible to circumcise later, but it is not possible to restore life" (6, 9).
	www.brismilah.com /guide0.htm (1369 words)

	CIRCUMCISION: A SOURCE OF JEWISH PAIN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Moses failed to circumcise his son (Exodus 4:25), and circumcision was totally neglected during the forty-year period in the wilderness (Joshua 5:5).
		Some Jews in the Hellenistic period (circa 300 b.c.e.-100 c.e.) chose not to circumcise their sons in an attempt to gain public acceptance.
		With all these factors to consider, no wonder some Jewish parents are reconsidering the decision to circumcise their sons, and calls to rabbis about circumcision are increasing.
	jewishcircumcision.org /spectator.htm (4243 words)

	Andria Brown: Online Portfolio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Many of today's fathers were born during an era when U.S. hospitals did not require parental consent for the surgery, causing a national circumcision rate as high as 85% in 1979.
		They later chose not to circumcise their second son, who was delivered at home by a midwife.
		Kim understands first-hand the importance of educating parents about circumcision, having made the decision to circumcise her three sons before learning the full effects of the procedure.
	home.midsouth.rr.com /declines/MP_circ_aug04.html (961 words)

	REJOICE AT GOD'S COMMAND TO CIRCUMCISE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you.
		The LORD your God will circumcise your mind, and the mind of your sons, to love the LORD your God with all your mind, and with all your soul, that you may live.
		Then Zipporah, to save the life of her son, took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at Moses feet, and said, Surely you are a bloody husband to me.
	home.earthlink.net /~thogmi/circ/circ.html (1097 words)

	Robyn's Nest - The Parenting Network - Circumcision
		There is no proven medical reason to circumcise a baby boy.
		Care of the uncircumcised penis is as simple as washing any other part of the baby.
		Robyn's Nest and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that parents-to-be discuss this issue privately with their pediatrician, family members and friends before making the decision to circumcise.
	www.robynsnest.com /circu.htm (413 words)

	Re: WHY CIRCUMCISE ? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But I do respect that many people choose to circumcise and feel that 'being like daddy' or for cosmetic reasons are also valid reasons to circumcise.
		We were not going to circumcise my son initially for the very issues you mention, pain and that my son had been through enough.
		And that parents who choose to circumcise are somehow not thinking things through or are thinking things through and making a bad choice unless there is some medical reason for it.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~garyh/preemie_forum/old-messages/20900.html (403 words)

	BabyCenter -- Circumcision: Everything you need to know (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The AAP now says that the choice is best left up to parents, who should make an informed decision based on possible health benefits and risks, as well as cultural, religious, and ethnic traditions.
		And, for the first time, the organization says that if you do decide to circumcise, your son should be given pain relief.
		If you elect to circumcise, ask your doctor about the use of anesthetic and the timing.
	www.babycenter.com /refcap/baby/babyills/circumcision/55.html (1051 words)

	JewishGates.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		And if his father did not circumcise him, a Beit Din is bound to circumcise him, for it is written: Every male among you shall be circumcised.
		And if a Beit Din did not circumcise him, he is bound to circumcise himself, for it is written: And the uncircumcised male who will not circumcise the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off (karet).
		It is to include that which our Rabbis taught: He who circumcises, as long as he is engaged in the circumcision, he returns both for the shreds [of the corona] which invalidate the circumcision and for those which do not invalidate the circumcision.
	www.jewishgates.com /file.asp?File_ID=786 (7890 words)

	Jewish Circumcision Resource Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		However, most Jews are unaware of this origin, and in a survey of American Jews, the large majority (87%) do not believe that the Torah is the actual word of God.
		Based on a national survey of American Jews, "90 percent define being Jewish as being a member of a cultural or ethnic group." Most circumcisions of male infants of American Jewish parents are done in hospitals without any religious ritual.
		Ritual circumcisers (mohelim) usually use the same clamp devices as doctors.
	www.jewishcircumcision.org /info.htm (596 words)

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