Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun Hebrew.
noun Hebrew.
- the Jewish rite of circumcising a male child eight days after his birth.
noun
- Judaism ritual circumcision of male babies, usually at eight days old, regarded as the formal entry of the child to the Jewish community
noun
- a variant of bris
Yiddish word for the circumcision ceremony, from bris milah, Ashkenazi pronunciation of brit milah “covenant of circumcision.”