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What is the origin of the custom to say Shema to a baby on the day before his Brit Milah?
I have seen a custom among Ashkenazic Jews that on the day before the Brit Milah of a baby boy, a group of children will come and all say the Shema to the baby. What is the origin and reason for the ...
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Where and when is the earliest attestation of the word “mohel”?
Where is the earliest attestation of the word mohel for one who performs the act associated with a ritual circumcision?
When was it written?
What language is it?
[Inspired by Why is there a ה in ...
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Why is there a ה in “מוהל”?
The Hebrew word for the act performed at a circumcision is "לימול". The root appears to be נ.מ.ל. Following the exceptional rules for roots whose first letter is נ, the causative participle and ...
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If no one else was available, could a mohel ride a bicycle on shabbos to perform a circumcision?
If a healthy baby boy's eighth day of life is on a Saturday, that's the day his bris milah / circumcision should be performed if at all possible. While elective surgeries are prohibited on Shabbos, ...
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C-Section Different for Bris
Why is it that a baby born on Shabbos via C-Section cannot have a bris 8 days later [on Shabbos]?
Source: http://mi.yodeya.com/questions/5763/twin-bris-conundrum/5765#5765
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Twin Bris conundrum [closed]
Twin brothers are born from the same mother on the very same morning. Both are perfectly healthy. Yet, the proper day for one’s bris mila is 8 days later, while the proper day
for the other one’s bris ...
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Bris on Shabbos
Motivated by the Muktzeh review going on( at least it seems to be what simcha man is doing) at this site. What is allowed and or minhagim of a bris on Shabbos what the status of the Knife mukteh or ...
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Segulah of Kvatar: Source
Is there a source for the claim that being a Kvater (person who carries a baby to/from his Bris) helps cure infertility?
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When would you have a Seudas Bris by the Friday night Seuda? [closed]
How is it possible that you would you have a Seudas Bris by the Friday night Seuda?
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How does paying a Mohel work?
I have heard - do not know the source - that a Mohel is not supposed to charge an official price - however you are supposed to pay him.
1: Is it true that a Mohel is not supposed to charge an ...
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Why did Hashem not tell Avraham to have a Bris earlier?
Avraham Avinu was told to have a Bris at 99 years of age. Why didn't Hashem have him do a Bris earlier?
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Are tefillin supposed to be removed before a bris (circumcision)? If so, why?
I remember in yeshiva one day as a bris was about to start after minyan, someone came around and told everybody, "take off your tefilin!"
Recently I saw R' Moshe Feinstein explaining why we leave ...
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Hadas at weddings and Brit Milah
Why do Sefardim place Hadas by the Huppah and Kise Eliyahu by weddings and brit milah respectively?
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Why does Pinchas come to the Bris? [closed]
Why does Pinchas who is Eliyahu Hanavi (Elijah the Prophet) come to Brissim and what does it have to do with this Parshas Pinchas?
