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circumcision

A Ritual That Can Cut Both Ways

The concept of circumcision is both a deeply powerful ritual practice and a profoundly troubling remnant of a different time.  [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: circumcision

Adapted Traditional Bris Milah Ceremony

Shifting the focus away from the circumcision and toward welcoming [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: circumcision, gomel, mi sheberakh, priestly blessing, tekhine, welcoming

A Tekhine For A New Mother

A prayer in English and Yiddish to be recited on the occasion of a son's bris [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: circumcision, tekhine, Yiddish

Blood and Men

A feminist mom discusses circumcision [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: circumcision, covenant

Techine for a Brit

A techine, traditional prayer, to be said by a new mother before the bris of her son [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: circumcision, covenant, tekhine

Brit Milah for Our Son

Traditional Brit Milah with added readings and prayers [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: circumcision, gomel, naming, priestly blessing, shehekheyanu

New Brit Milah (excerpts)

A brit milah incorporating readings and personal touches [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: circumcision, covenant, Martin Buber, shehekheyanu

Creative Brit Milah

Three ceremonies for a boy's brit milah, with readings and explanations. Includes options for circumcision at the ceremony or not. [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: circumcision, Elijah, naming

A Mother’s Prayer at Her Son's Circumcision

Celebrating the gift of life through faith, love, and courage [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: circumcision

A Letter to God

A mother expresses her ambivalence about circumcision in this powerful letter [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals

Tags: circumcision