Posts
- Introduction
- The biblical background of the bris
- The history of the brit milah ceremony
- Timing of the bris: Why the eighth day?
- Rules and customs concerning a bris
- Why should I have my son circumcised at all?
- Choosing between a home bris and a hospital circumcision
- Twins and other multiple births
- The “mixed couple”—when one partner is not Jewish
- Medical reasons for postponing or not doing a bris
- How should the baby be dressed for his brit milah ceremony?
- What should attendees wear to a bris?
- Cameras, videos and other high tech
- Is it appropriate to bring small children to a bris?
- Should one bring a baby gift to a bris?
- What supplies do you need to have at a bris?
- Explaining the brit milah ceremony to non-Jewish guests
- Honors at a bris
- The Chair of Elijah
- The Brit Milah Service
- The Mohel
- Choosing a mohel
- How much does a mohel charge? How do you pay the mohel?
- What you have to do to get the baby ready for his bris?
- The circumcision procedure
- Anesthesia and circumcision complications
- Metzitzah
- Burial of the foreskin
- Aftercare
- Hatafat dam brit
- Naming the baby
- Brit Bat—Jewish birth ceremonies for girls
- The redemption of the firstborn son: Pidyon Ha-Ben
- Special Circumstances
- Fetal demise/stillborn
- Biblical passages from Genesis which outline the origin of the brit milah ceremony
- Glossary