That's cause a baby can't complain as much as an older guy :).
-george
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Judith Dinowitz)
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: CF_Baby
>Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 23:08:28 -0400
>
>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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