Questions tagged [brit-milah]
Questions about circumcision (brit-milah in Hebrew)
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Wearing tefillin during a bris that comes out on Rosh Chodesh
Generally people don't wear tefillin after musaf on Rosh Chodesh. There is a discussion in the poskim (which mainly seems to be among the mekubalim) if one would wear tefillin on Rosh Chodesh during ...
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Postponing a bris for parents or grandparents
Is one allowed to postpone a bris(bzmano) for the afternoon if ones parents or grandparents cannot make the bris for the morning. What is more important ,zrizim makdimin ( to peform the mitzvah as ...
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Difference father and mother jew who would like to circumcise a son
If one is married to a non-jew and one begets a son, why is it that when the mother is jewish (but in some cases don't live a Jewish livestyle) can get her son circumcised, but when only the father is ...
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Eating the foreskin at a brit milah
Yalkut Yosef (siman 79 in דין בשר האדם) discusses a minhag brought down by Mar'eh HaYeladim (מערכת ה' אות י) which says:
"it is a segulah for a woman to become pregnant [with a boy] if she takes ...
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Baby boy born bein hashmashot when you don't know what day it is
Extreme hypothetical here...
We know (MT Hilchot Mila 1:9) that mila on the (definite) 8th day is doche Shabbat. If the baby is born bein hashmashot, when we're not sure what day it is, it cannot be ...
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Does the Torah Address the Issue of Circumcision on the Sabbath?
Question - a Reference Request from Scripture:
Does the written Torah, (or Scripture), ever address the issue of Circumcision on the Sabbath?
Does Scripture indicate whether Sabbath Restrictions ...
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Being forgiven for all of your sins for going to a Bris [duplicate]
I heard somewhere that going to a Bris will have all of your sins forgiven because of the following story:
Hashem told Eliyahu HaNavi that he'd have to go to every Bris. Eliyahu responded, "what if ...
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How does Rashi know Yosef tells the Egyptians to circumcise themselves?
Genesis 41,55:
וַתִּרְעַב֙ כָּל-אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם וַיִּצְעַ֥ק הָעָ֛ם אֶל-פַּרְעֹ֖ה לַלָּ֑חֶם וַיֹּ֨אמֶר פַּרְעֹ֤ה לְכָל-מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ לְכ֣וּ אֶל-יוֹסֵ֔ף אֲשֶׁר-יֹאמַ֥ר לָכֶ֖ם תַּֽעֲשֽׂוּ:
And when ...
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Can one use Maaser to pay a Mohel?
Can a father use maaser money to pay a mohel to give his son a bris milah?
The question is strenghtened since a person is not allowed to charge for performing a mitzvah.
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Use of phrase ברוך הבא
Based on what I have seen I Nusach Ashkenaz siddurim such as Art Scroll and Birnbaum, among some others, I noticed the phrase ברוך הבא is used at the beginning of a Brit (circumcision) when welcoming ...
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Who customarily wears a tallis by a bris?
By the ceremony of a bris milah there are many "kibbudim" or honors that are given to those that are present.
Here is the list (please edit and add if I missed any):
Kvater - a man and woman who ...
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Do we assume a Bris or Pidyon has been done?
If I adopt a 3 year old whose paperwork indicates that both parents were Jewish (but I cannot contact them or get further information about their religiosity) and he was an only child, do I assume ...
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Bris for non-Jewish boy whose parents are converting
If in the process of conversion, a couple has a baby boy, what is done regarding the bris? They have not yet fully converted, but are in the process, with a Rabbi and regularly attending synagogue ...
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Questions on the Netziv's understanding of Isaac's birth
Haamek Davar to Vayera 18:12 (and, to a lesser extent, the surrounding verses) and Harchev Davar (by the same author) to Vayera 21:3 explain Sarah's laughter on learning that she and Abraham would ...
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Is a non-Jew who was Sandek in non-Orthodox brit allowed to be sandek again after conversion?
A few articles like here speak of a custom amongst non-religious groups allowing non-Jews, women, and otherwise to be sandek despite halacha or minhag. It happens whether unfortunate or not. But if '...
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Difference Between Brit and Medical Circumcision
I have recently encountered a number of non-Jews who were protesting circumcision in front of the U.S. White House. While I found most of their notions somewhat absurd, I was given pause to question ...
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Why is there no Bris Milah for girls?
The title says it all, for the most part, but given that the Bris Milah is a way of bringing a newborn boy into the covenant with God, why is there no parallel/similar ritual, or commencement, as it ...
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Pesach circumcision a rememberance of the covenant made with Avraham?
Within the narrative of the story of the covenant and promise made with Avraham we learn a couple of things. One of those things is that the seed of Avraham will be gerim in a land not theirs. It's ...
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Is a circumcision by a doctor but with Jewish ceremony valid? [closed]
I have a friend who is uncertain about his circumcision. He was circumcised at 13 years of age, however not by a "Mohel" but by a common (non-Jewish) medical doctor. However, his father and uncles ...
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Is it okay to do a Brit Shalom instead of Brit milah?
Brit shalom is basically Brit mila without the circumcision, is that okay according to Halacha?
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Brit milah during shloshim
I understand that someone observing shloshim should not attend a seudat mitzvah. I was wondering what happens if someone observing shloshim has a baby boy who is due for a bris.
Does the parent ...
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What's a common blessing given to people at a brit milah?
What is a common blessing given to the father/mother of the child receiving the circumcision when attending a brit milah (circumcision)?
What is a common blessing given to the friends and relatives ...
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Drinking blood during Milah
According to what I have read, there are problems with ingesting human blood. Questions like this indicate that mar'is ayin applies.
During metzitzah in a circumcision, the mohel takes some blood ...
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Was Esau commanded in circumcision?
Was Esau commanded in circumcision? For instance, if he did teshuvah, was he still obligated in circumcision for himself and his children?
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Circumcision, burying of the foreskin and the Torah
Is the burying of the foreskin under a new tree in the Torah? If not how is this tradition valid? Thank you
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Is a gentile living in Eretz Yisrael obliged to be circumcised?
Let's say a gentile is living in Lebanon or western Jordan, or west bank or even the State of Israel. Is he obliged to get circumcised since he live is Eretz Yisrael ?
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כשם in the blessing at the end of the bris כשם שנכנס לברית כן יכנס לתורה לחופה ולמעשים טובים
At the end of the bris (circumcision) ceremony, the congregation wishes
כשם שנכנס לברית כן יכנס לתורה לחופה ולמעשים טובים
In the manner that he entered the bris, so shall he enter for Torah, the ...
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Can a non-Jewish person participate in a bris?
My best friend is Jewish, and I have been involved in most of the most important events in his life. I was the best man at his wedding, I celebrated Hanukkah with his family, and I am the "godfather" ...
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Does the sandek have to hold the babies feet?
The sandek is the person who holds the baby when the mohel makes the bris. Generally this honor is given to a grandparent or very righteous person. In many cases when preparing the baby to perform the ...
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Why is hatafas dam bris necessary for conversion for someone who already has a bris milah?
In a case when a non-Jew wishes to convert to Judaism but already has a bris milah, a procedure or process known as "hatafas dam bris" is made. That's where a small needle is put in the place of the ...
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If I wanted to convert to Judaism, would I need to have my circumcision repeated?
I was baptized in the Catholic Church, raised in the Methodist Church, and became an atheist when I was about 14 years old. My grandmother on my father's side was a non-observant Jew, but my father ...
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What was the sanctification of Abraham?
"And is a Jew excluded from the category of bnei Noach? Since Avraham
was sanctified they are called by my name"
״וישראל מי נפיק מכלל בני
נח? כיון דאיקדש אברהם איתקרו על שמיה״
-Talmud Bavli,...
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Making a knife for brit Mila ( with a shinui or goy) on shabbat
Can someone please remind me where the machloket is regarding wether making a knife for a brit Milah on shabbat is mutar or assur. Another thing, I know we pasken its assur however if someone was to ...
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Why do we avoid inviting people to a b'rit milah specifically, and not other celebrations too?
I have learned, and seen in practice, that we don't invite people to a b'rit milah directly but rather just announce a date and place. The reason, according to this answer citing Rema Yoreh Deah 265:...
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Why are there few female circumcisers these days?
This article cites varying opinions regarding the use a mohelet - woman circumciser. There are opinions allowing it, though.
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There is a controversy in tractate Avodah Zarah 27a regarding ...
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Why does Yosef command the Egyptians to circumcise
Rashi on Bereshis 41:55 says
what he tells you, do: Since Joseph had ordered them to circumcise themselves, and when they came to Pharaoh and said, “This is what he said to us,” he (Pharaoh) said ...
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Converting to Judaism and circumcision [duplicate]
I am converting to Judaism after living Jewishly for half my life. I am 27 and there was simply no way to convert for years (and I was a minor when I first sought conversion). Now I have had a Beit ...
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Naming a baby boy before a deferred bris
The typical practice when a baby boy is born is to refrain from calling him by any name until he is given a name at his bris. In cases where the bris is deferred (e.g. for health reasons) for an ...
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How is this a proof that the Rabbis hold that one cannot continue a stopped circumcision on Shabbat (Shabbat 133b)
The gemara (Shabbat 133b) is trying to identify the Tanna of the Braita above:
המל כל זמן שהוא עוסק במילה חוזר בין על הציצין המעכבין את המילה בין על הציצין שאין מעכבין את המילה. פירש על ציצין ...
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Why did Yaakov Avinu tell Yosef to place his hand by his thigh? [duplicate]
In parshas Vayechi 47 29 Yaakov Avinu tells Yosef to place his hand by his thigh. We find this expression used by Avraham Avinu in Chayei Sarah 24 2 with an explenation by Rashi that an object used ...
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baby crying at the time of mila is an עת רצון
Someone once told me that when the baby cries at the time of mila it's an עת רצון, a time of will.
Does anyone know the source for this?
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Eliyahu HaNavi and bris
Someone once told me that when Eliyahu HaNavi comes to a baby's bris, everyone who is presently there is forgiven for their sins.
Does anyone know the source for this?
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How much foreskin remaining by a bris is too much?
If someone as a baby had a bris done by a mohel but feels he still has foreskin going over his glans, then does he need another bris or has he fulfilled his obligation?
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Is there anything wrong with inviting friends to a bris?
I have a friend - let's call him 'A' - who's married; His wife gave birth to a boy. I asked another friend of mine, if 'A' invited him to the bris. He told me that one is not supposed to invite ...
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How does one become a Mohel?
I want to be a Mohel.
I learned the Tur - Shulchan Aruch (YD 260-266).
Now what?
What should be my next step?
P.S. I live in Brooklyn.
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Milah in Hospital
Scenario: a child is born and his parents are not religious. They circumcise him in the hospital as part of neonatal care.
If he becomes religious later in life, or if his parents become religious ...
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Did circumcision exist before Abraham?
I heard it claimed recently that Circumcision was an act that was already practiced before God came to Abraham. The claim mentions that God took it and made it a token of His covenant with his people, ...
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Who performed the bris of Abraham?
It is clear that Abraham understood the Torah, and that he waited to enact his bris until commanded, but who performed it? Did he do it himself, or was someone else instructed to do it, to serve in ...
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Can one eat meat on Mot'za'ei 9 Av if it is a se'udah for Brit or Pidyon Haben?
Many halachic opinions state that the prohibition of not eating meat during the 9 Days extends until the middle of the 10th of Av. Does this prohibition apply if you are making a se'udah for a Brit or ...
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What is the Halacha regarding Tachanun and Brit in the same shul?
I don't have the ArtScroll weekday Siddur in front of me, now, but essentially, it said that one does not say Tachanun in a shul where a Brit will occur during that day.
If a Brit occurs anywhere in ...
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