so there is no *choice* in it?
you cannot say i am not a Jew, because you have already been committed to
God by your parents?
i am probably way off here but aren't there 2 parts to being a Jew, that are
completely different.
one is in the blood & through marriage.
the more important aspect is the individuals Real relationship with God.
to study & follow his word.
so the circumcision is just a promise, but may not be followed through by
the individual.
-paul
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Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 11:08 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: CF_Baby
The bris is a sign of a Jew's covenant with G-d -- that is, that G-d has
taken us as His chosen people and we have agreed to follow His commandments.
(There are 613 of them in the Torah, although some commandments apply only
to certain specific people, or can only be done at certain times.)
As long as we follow G-d's commandments, we are richly rewarded; if we
don't, we are punished. (I can explain about this more, if you'd like; it's
really not as simplistic as it sounds.)
Anyway, every Jewish male is brought into the covenant by the Bris
(circumcision.) Jewish women are born into the covenant automatically and
don't need a bris or ritual to become part of it. One explanation that I've
heard: It's because we have a special understanding that we're born with
(called "binah" -- it's a feminine type of wisdom and spirituality) and we
don't need the sign of the circumcision.
A bris is much easier on a newborn baby than it is on an older male, so I've
heard.
Judith
----- Original Message -----
From: Todd Ashworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: CF_Baby
> | 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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