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What is Circumcision?

Brit Milah: How a simple mitzvah makes a worldwide, eternal impact on the entire Jewish people.

by Rabbi Moshe Schapiro

   

Brit Milah, or circumcision, is performed on a Jewish male eight days after he is born.

The procedure is performed by a mohel – a person who has mastered the set of Jewish laws regarding circumcision and received extensive practical training.

At a Brit Milah, the mohel removes the baby’s foreskin and draws blood from the reproductive organ, after which the baby is given a Jewish name.

 

Main Artilce link:

http://www.aish.com/jl/l/b/What_is_Circumcision.html

 

Why on Day 8:

http://www.aish.com/tp/i/gl/148644005.html

The Circumcision Ceremony in a Nutshell:

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1472861/jewish/The-Circumcision-Ceremony-in-a-Nutshell.htm

the Handbook:

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1472854/jewish/The-Handbook-to-Circumcision.htm

Never Too Late For a Circumcision

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/811832/jewish/Never-Too-Late-For-a-Circumcision.htm