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Brit milah is the Jewish ritual circumcision ceremony performed on eight-day-old male babies.[1] The foreskin is cut off from the end of the penis. The operation is carried out by a person called a "mohel", a ritual circumciser.[1]

[change] References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "A Guide to Brit Milah/Bris Milah". milah.net. http://www.milah.net/. Retrieved 8 December 2010. 


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