 Brit Milah
 Welcoming ceremony into Judaism for a boy
 Includes circumcision
 Covenant of Circumcision
 Occurs 8 days after birth - VERY important, nothing interrupts
 Ritual objects used:
 Circumcision tools (anesthetic is possible according to some), tallit (prayer shawl), booklet with ceremony text, Elijah's Chair
 Time of ceremony – early in the morning
 Ritual setting – morning prayer service
 Parts of ceremony – welcomed, circumcision, naming, festive meal.
 Participants – moyel (person who does the circumcision "surgery"), parents, grandparents, Godparents, sandek (person given a role of honor) , rabbi
 Biblical roots are in Genesis in the story of Abraham

 Brit haBat or Brit Bat
 Covenant of the daughter
 Other names: Brit Hayyim (Covenant of Life)
 Relatively new ceremony, commonly done for the past 30 - 40 years.......

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