How about we say religious obligation and leave it at that. If you want to
go into the whole depth of the how and why of the cut, I think we'll loose a
few members here. ;)
> | Sooo, "briss" is also pronounced "brit", which is the word for Covenant.
> (&
> | the reason for the circumcision)
>
> Could someone explain why this is done at all? ouch!
>
> Todd
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:38 PM
> Subject: RE: CF_Baby
>
>
> | David,
> |
> | Yekutiel was a name Moses' mother Yocheved called him. Netanel =
> combination
> | of Natan, "give", and Kel, one of the names of God (with the K silent),
> and
> | refers to the giving of Torah to Moses. Avital means "dew of my father"
or
> | "springtime", best I could find on that.
> |
> | & continuing the "education" thread from a while back,
> | there are 2 main Jewish cultures - the Ashkenazic (Central Europe) and
the
> | Sephardic (Morocco/Middle East).
> | The Ashkenazic pronunciation of a particular Hebrew letter sounds like
an
> | "s". The Sephardic makes it a "t". So, to a European, the Sabbath is
> | "Shabbos". In the Sephardic tradition, it's "Shabbat".
> |
> | (Modern Israel has adopted the Sephardic pronunciation.)
> |
> | Sooo, "briss" is also pronounced "brit", which is the word for Covenant.
> (&
> | the reason for the circumcision)
>
>
>
>
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