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Understand the main characteristics and significance of birth rites across various Jewish communities, including Brit Milah (the circumcision covenant), the functions of the mohel (the circumciser) and the sandek (the person on whose knee the baby is placed), as well as the meanings behind the rituals involved in the ceremony, and also explore naming ceremonies.

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Cambridge IGCSE Religious StudiesSection J5

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Understand the main characteristics and significance of birth rites across various Jewish communities, including Brit Milah (the circumcision covenant), the functions of the mohel (the circumciser) and the sandek (the person on whose knee the baby is placed), as well as the meanings behind the rituals involved in the ceremony, and also explore naming ceremonies

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Brit Milah

Brit Milah is a Jewish circumcision ceremony performed on the eighth day after a boy's birth. It symbolizes the covenant between God and the Jewish people. The mohel performs the circumcision, and the sandek holds the baby during the ceremony.

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